INDEX. 



in Tinnevelly, 166,171, hire of a tem- 

 porary one at Aroopoocottah, 172; 

 erected at Sevacausy, 207 ; allowed for 

 the use of the Ryots, 233; sold to Mr. 

 Campbell at Coimbatore, 255. 



Gins, a practical person recommended for 

 their exhibition,80 ; their expenses,156; 

 Zemindars purchase of, 164; their unfit- 

 ness for Indian Cotton, 170; difficulties 

 in conducting the operations at Aroo- 

 poocottah, 179; heavy expenses incur- 

 red 181; necessity for improving the 

 construction, 182. 



Godavery District, 9; Cotton wool ex- 

 ported, 34; Cotton supply large, but 

 insufficient for the wants of the Dis- 

 trict, 293. 



Government, Madras, orders respecting 

 the Cotton Hand-Book, 2; efforts of, 

 towards the cultivation of Cotton, 34; 

 establishes four Cotton Farms, ib., ap- 

 points Dr. Wight to report on the 

 state of agriculture in Southern India, 

 "., approves the agreements made 

 between Dr. Wight and the Ryots, 44; 

 requestsMr. Wroughton to explain the 

 causes of the success of his Cotton ex- 

 periment, 67; proposes his abandon- 

 ment of Cotton Farms at Coimbatore, 

 86; requested by Dr. Wight to reduce 

 the assessment on lands under Ameri- 

 can Cotton cultivation, 121; permits 

 Mr. Finnic to act as CottonAgent, 139 ; 

 removes the restrictions upon Mr. 

 Finnie, 140; sanctions the purchase of 

 cattle-driving machinery for Mr. Finnie, 

 167 ; of small hand- threshers and presses, 

 191 ; refers the sample of Finnie's Tinne- 

 velly Cotton to Dr. Wight, &c., 197 ; re- 

 fuses permission to Mr. Finnie to extend 

 his operation to Coimbatore, 209 ; Sir 

 Henry Pottinger's arrival, 210 ; 

 approves the suggestion of Dr. Wight 

 to try churkaed Cotton with ginned by 

 the English Spinners, 215 ; general opi- 

 nions upon the experimental culture, 

 217 ; its decision regarding Dr. Wight 

 reversed by the Directors, 239 ; Cottag'e 

 saw gins received, 246 ; further pur- 

 chase, 252 ; places the Cotton Farm in 

 Coimbatore under a Duffadar, 257 ; re- 

 fuses the purchases applied for by Mr. 

 Bird, 261; condemns Dr. Wight's re- 

 ports, 282 ; withdraws the Agency, 



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Zoo. 



Grate, evils arising from, 70. 

 Grecian Archipelago, 143. 

 Gunto or, description of, note to, 9; Cotton 

 exported to the Godavery district, 294. 



Hand-Book to Cotton cultivation, 1; me- 

 thod pursued in its compilation, 2 ; di- 

 vision of the subject matter, 28; leading 

 points of the several chapters, 29; spe- 

 cialties of the chapters, 30; general 

 result, 369: general conclusions, 370. 



Hand-gins, 253; cost of labour, 254. 



Hardy, Mr. Thomas, his report upon Cot- 

 ton trade atTuticorin, 328. 



Hathaway, Mr., his report upon Madura, 

 305-312. 



Haw ley, Mr., comes to Madras, 35 ; sent 

 to Tinnevelly, 37; removed to Coimba- 

 tore, 39; transferred to Bombay, 46. 



Heath, Mr., his successful Cotton culti- 

 vation at Vizagapatam, 34. 



Hoeing, Dr. Wight's remarks, 51 ; man- 

 ner of, 52 ; practical suggestion upon it, 

 115; season for adopting it, 152. 



Honore, 365. 



Hughes, Captain, his efforts at Tinne- 

 velly, 33; three planters sent under 

 his superinten dance, 37 ; succeeds 

 by Dr. Wight, 41; good crop of Ameri- 

 can Cotton obtained by him, 211. 



Hughes' Tinnevelly Cotton, 33,372 ; me- 

 thod of cultivating Bourbon Cotton 



Hullial, Mr. Simpson's report upon it, 

 78,365. 



Hurryhur, 80. 



Idler, Mr., 141. 



Inam Commission, its origin, 15. 



India, its climate compared with that of 

 America, 8 ; rivalry between its Native 

 weavers and the Cotton Manufacturers 

 of Great Britain, 31; ten American 

 Planters sent, 35; treatment of Bour- 

 bon variety as a biennial, 64; advan- 

 tages in the cultivation of American 

 Cotton, 72; remunerative demand re- 

 quired, 73; characteristics of the sea- 

 sons^; its climate not too hot, but too 

 cold, 106; diminishing temperature dur- 

 ing the Cotton growing seasons, 108 ; 

 two methods of cultivating American 

 Cotton, 110; manner of cleaning the 

 Cotton, 130; present cultivation of Cot- 

 ton, 143; manner of manuring, 146; of 

 planting, 151; cheapness of the labour, 

 159; Mr. Finnie's judgment against the 

 culture of American Cotton and use of 

 American gin, 203; Dr. Wight's opi- 

 nion upon the growth of American 

 Cotton, 210; SirH. Pottinger's experi- 

 ence in the various parts of 228 ; Coim- 

 batore Ryots opinion upon the soil and 

 climate, 263 ; Dr. Wight refutes the 

 theory that the climate and soil are un- 



