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INDEX. 



Mallett, Dr., forwards certain queries 

 connected with Indian Cotton to the 

 Directors, 304. 



Malta, Cotton seeds sent, 32. 



Maltby, Mr., his tour with Mr. Finnie 

 through Pullicarny, 89. 



Manchester Commercial Association, their 

 suggestion respecting early sowing, 

 92,105 ; order for 6,000 bales of Ame- 

 rican Cotton, 121 ; object to the use of 

 hand-gins, 168 ; their valuation of Mr. 

 Pinnie's Cotton, 202 ; their unfounded 

 complaint, 234 ; Cottage saw-gins con- 

 structed under their direction, 246 ; 

 urge Mr. Lees to try American Cotton 

 in Southern India, 259. 



Mangostein, 228. 



Manney, river, 256. 



Manure, question about it, 71 ; its compo- 

 sition, 146,311,324,337,351,364. 



Masulipatam, description e, note to 9 ; esta- 

 blishment of a Cotton Farm, 34. 



Mauritius, Bourbon Cotton brought, 22 ; 

 varieties of Cotton seeds obtained, 32. 



Mayne, Mr., Dawson, his detailed report 

 upon Tinnevelly, 314-321. 



McDonnell, Mr., reports on the mode of 

 cultivation in Trichinopoly, 302. 



Mercer, Mr., his success in Dharwar, 80 ; 

 his opinion of the climate of India, 107; 

 109. 



Metcalfe, Mr., Bernard, is sent to the 

 Madras Presidency, 34. 



Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his description of 

 the village communities, 10. 



Mexican Cotton see New Orleans. 



Mexico, 92. 



Minchin, Mr., his opinion on the obstacles 



to the increased production of Cotton,339 



Mississippi, Cotton growing season, 106 ; 

 commencement of the Cotton cultiva- 

 tion, 107 ; crops compared with those of 

 India, 271 



Mobile, temperature, 107 



Model Fields, Marquis of Tweeddale sug- 

 gest the establishment, 224 



Monsoon, North-east, its duration, 7; 

 reported failure of the crop in conse- 

 quence of it, 40 ; its effects upon Cot- 

 ton shrub, 42 ; certain tracts of land 

 enjoying it, 68 ; seasons on the Coro- 

 mandel Coast, 98 ; Cotton cultivation, 

 100 ; its influence upon American plant, 

 266; its duration in Coimbatore, 275 ; 

 diseases during its prevalence, 312, 338. 



Monsoon, South- West, its duration, 7; 

 certain tracts of land enjoying it, 68 ; 

 season n the Malabar Coast, 101 ; Cot- 

 ton cultivation, 102. 



Montgomery, Sir Henry, discourses with 

 Dr. Wight on the state of the Cotton 

 Farms, 235. 



Morris, Mr., arrives at Madras, 35; sent to 

 Tinnevelly, 37 ; removed to Errode, 39 ; 

 his remarks upon the growth of Ame- 

 rican plants, 54 ; exchanges Cotton 

 Farm with Mr. Sherman, note to 65 ; 

 dispatched to Bellary, 87; his report 

 upon it, 88 ; his death, id. 



Mudge, Dr., experimental culture of Bra- 

 zilian Cotton 299. 



Mundgood, Mr. Simpson, report, 78, 365. 



Murray, Mr., his report on Cuddapah, 

 343, 352. 



Muslins, Indian, stoppage of demand, 3. 



Mysore, 9 ; elevation above the sea, 329 ; 

 mode of the Cotton trade, 365. 



Nadum Cotton inferior sort of Indian 

 Cotton, 20. 



Nagpore, 292. 



Nankin, 288. 



Natchez, Captain Bayles visit there, 35 ; 

 its temperature, 107. 



Native Cotton see Indian Cotton. 



Negapatam, method to increase the culti- 

 vation of Cotton, 292. 



Negroes, employed in cleaning Cotton, 

 143 ; picking the Cotton, 153. 



Neilgherries, 299. 



Nellgre, 9 ; a grazing district, 296. 



Nelson, Mr., reports upon the working of 

 the Cottage saw-gin. 



Newill, Mr., 302. 



New Orleans, a Cotton cleaner sent to 

 Madras Presidency from, 34. 



New Orleans Cotton, 20, 21 ; compared 

 with Indian and Bourbon, 22; opinion 

 of Mr. Morris regarding it, 40 ; manner 

 of sowing, 49 ; report of the Brokers 

 upon the samples, 59 ; its trial as a 

 biennial plant, 64 ; successfully culti- 

 vated in Dharwar, 76 ; approval of Dr. 

 Wight's sample, 92; high tempera- 

 ture required, 111 ; treatment of the 

 plant as an annual, 117; insignificance 

 of the cultivation of the Ryots, 124 ; 

 Mr. Finnie's opinion about its growth 

 in Tinnevelly, 127; his object in 

 cultivating it, 132; extent of land in 

 India under its cultivation, 159 ; its 

 cultivation at Courtallum, 161 ; Mr. 

 Thomas recommends its cultivation, 

 194; Coimbatore suitable to its growth, 

 214 ; Dr. Wight ofiers high prices, 225 ; 

 opinion of the Manchester Association, 

 234 ; Dr. Wight cultivates by irrigation, 

 242; the action of the Cottage gin, 247; 



