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79 ; recommends the appointment of a 

 practical person to distribute seeds and 

 exhibit gins, 80 ; his suggestions ap- 

 proved, 81 ;his transfer to Bombay, ib.; 

 his opinion about Kunkur, note to 113 ; 

 is permitted to act as Cotton Agent by 

 the Bombay Government, 139. 



Sirsee, Mr. Simpson proceeds to, 76. 



Soondah, Mr. Simpson ordered to report 

 on the soil, 76 ; his report, 77. 



Soopah, Mr. Simpson ordered to report 

 on the soil, 76 ; his report, 78. 



South American Cotton, its varieties, 20. 



Sowing, 40; American system, 49, 50; 

 season, 69,92; Mr. Lees' error as re- 

 gards it, 280; method adopted in 

 Madura, 310; in Tinnevelly, 323; in 

 Bellary, 336; in Cuddapah, 349. 



Spinners, trial of the Churkaed Cotton 

 with the ginned, 216 ; object to the soft 

 silky fibre of the New Orleans Cotton, 

 276. 



Tanjore, 9 ; Capt. Lawford explains the 

 experiment by irrigation to the Natives, 

 111 ; the Collector assists Dr. Wight 

 t in the plantation of American Cotton, 

 216; the Collector reports favourably 

 upon the Cottage saw-gin, 251 ; Colonel 

 Lawford' s cultivation by irrigation, 

 256 ; Cotton imported from Madura and 

 Tinnevelly, 303. 



Taylor, Captain, refutes the objection 

 raised against Bourbon Cotton, note 

 to 36. 



Taylor, Rev. W., note to 299. 



Tennessee, 143. 



Tetley, Mr , reports upon samples of 

 Cotton, 43, 45. 



Thomas, Mr. E. B., supports the recom- 

 mendation of Mr. Finnic' s to Hand- 

 threshers and Presses, 191 ; believes 

 that Cotton was not adulterated by de- 

 sign, 192 ; recommends the cultivation 

 of New Orleans Cotton, 193; delivered 

 up all lands under cultivation to the 

 Eyots, 241 ; his method to induce the 

 Ryots to cultivate American Cotton, 

 258 ; his report upon Coimbatore, 354- 

 362. 



Thornhill, Mr., describes the stage of the 

 Cotton experiment in Kristna, 294. 



Thresher, its description, 27 ; Mr. Finnic 

 recommends its use, 131 ; his first year's 

 proceedings with it, 141 ; second year's 

 proceedings, 163 ; erection of one at 

 Aroopoocottah, 173 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 third year's operations, 187 > cost of 

 cleaning Cotton, 188. 



Thresher, Hand, recommended by Mr. 

 Finnic, 190; sanctioned, 191 ; Sir Henry 

 Pottinger sanctions the establishment, 

 225. 



Tinnevelly, 9 ; discription of the soil, 

 16 ; one of the principal Cotton districts, 

 17 ; introduction of Bourbon Cotton, 

 33 ; trial of American saw-gin, 34 ; es- 

 tablishment of a Cotton Farm, ib.; three 

 American Planters located, 37; Planters 

 removed, 38 ; proposed operations of the 

 Planters, 86 ; Mr. Finnie, dispatched, 

 89; his first impressions of it, 127; 

 amount of shipment of Cotton every 

 year, 129; Madras Merchants establish 

 Agents, 162; Mr. Finnie's proposal for 

 the erection of a gin -house and cattle 

 driving machinery, 166 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 notes on the peculiarities of the Cotton 

 trade, 175-178 ; stage of the Cotton ex- 

 periments, 183 ; meeting of the Cotton 

 Brokers, 181 ; no market or Agency 

 required, 193 ; scarcity of timber, 207 ; 

 good crops of American Cotton obtain- 

 ed by Mr. Hughes, 211; Hand threshers 

 are allowed, 225 ; Mr. Finnie's de- 

 parture, 237 ; Mr. Lees' cultivation, 

 259 ; discussion concerning the pur- 

 chase of American Cotton from the 

 Ryots, 260 ; Mr. Lees' partial success, 

 280 ; failure of the experiment of Egyp- 

 tion Cotton by the Collector, 298 ; Cot- 

 ton exported to Tanjore, 303; detailed 

 report from Mr. Mayne, 313 ; of soil, 

 314-318; geology and topography, 319 ; 

 climate, 320 ; seed, 321 ; character of the 

 Cotton plant, 322 ; mode of cultivation 

 323 ; manure, 324 ; diseases, 325. 



Tinnevelly Cotton, Finnie's, 196 ; Dr. 

 Wight's report, 198, 211 ; the action of 

 the Cottage gin upon it, 247. 



Tinnevelly Cotton, Hughes', 33, 372. 



Travancore, 9, 133, 368. 



Travers, Mr., 302. 



Trichindore, efforts of Messrs. Longshaws, 

 281. 



Trichinopoly, 9; quantity of Cotton and 

 mode of cultivation, 302. 



Tuddey river, 365. 



Turner, Mr., Aspinall, reports the opi- 

 nions of the Manchester Association 

 regarding Mr. Finnie's Cotton, 202. 



Tuticorin, existence of Agency system, 

 193; consumption of good Cotton, 205 ; 

 Jaffna driving machinery bought, 207 ; 

 the Agents report that good Cotton had 

 been brought in abundance, 215 ; the 

 principal sea port, 313, 327. 



Tweeddale, Marquis of, modification of 



