CONTENTS. 



tore and Aroopoocottah to he placed under the Collectors for the use 

 of the Ryots, 159 ; Unfounded complaint of the Manchester Asso- 

 ciation : the Manchester merchants ought to help themselves, 159. 



State of Dr. Wight's Farm at Coimbatore, May, 1849 : 500 acres 

 held by lease and 300 acres worked by contract, 160 ; Application 

 of Dr. Wight to be permitted to sow and gather one crop more : 

 refused, June, 161 ; Departure of Mr. Pmnie from the Madras 

 Presidency, 163 ; Mr. Fmnie's last letter, July, 1849 :— The gins 

 win always remain idle after Government ceases to use them, 163 ; 

 Decision of the Madras Government as regards Dr. Wight, re- 

 versed by the Court of Directors, September, 164 ; Dr. Wight's 

 services to be retained : Mr. Knnie's dispensed with, 166 ; State 

 of the Farms at Coimbatore, 167 ; Dr. Wight cultivates American 

 Cotton by irrigation, 167 ; Postponement of Dr. Wight's Cotton 

 Report, 167 ; 1st, Mather's improved Churka, 168 ; 2nd, The 

 Manchester Cottage saw gin, 169 ; Twenty-four Cottage saw gins 

 received by the Madras Government, 1849, 169 ; Report of the 

 Madras Chamber of Commerce ; the working of the Cottage 

 saw gin nnsatisfactorj, 170; Expense of the Cotta^ saw gm 

 an insuperable bar to its employment in India, 170 ; Dr. Wight 

 reports favourably of the Cottage saw gin, 170; Prices of the 

 Cottage saw gin to Natives and Europeans, 171 ; Favourable re- 

 port of the Collector of Tanjore : subsequently reversed, 171 ; 

 Favourable reports on the Dharwar saw gin, 171; Dr. Wight 

 compares the working of the Dharwar gin, the Manchester Cottage 

 M, and the large hand gin, 172 ; Relative cost of labour on the 

 Churka, the Manchester Cottage gin, and the large hand gins, 

 173 ; Three years' progress in the Cotton experiment, 1850-52, 

 174 ; Colonel Lawford's cultivation by irrigation in Tanjore, 174 ; 

 Mr. Wroughton's CoUectorate Farm at Coimbatore, 175 ; Mr. 

 Thomas's opinions xipon the best method of inducing the Ryots to 

 cultivate American Cotton, 176 ; Cotton cultivation by Mr. David 

 Lees in Tinnevelly : discussion concerning the right of Chayroot 

 renters, 177; Discussion respecting the purchase of American 

 Cotton on Government account from the Ryots of Tinnevelly, 178 ; 

 Authoritv for the purchases refused by the Madras Government, 

 179 ; Completion of Dr. Wight's report. May, 1852, 179. ' 



DR. wight's PINAL REPORT. 



Stage of the Cotton experiment in 1849, 180 ; Improved prospects 

 during 1850-51 and 1851-52, 180 ; Previous reluctance of the 

 Ryots to cultivate American Cotton connected with the existence 

 of the Cotton Farms, 181 ; Ryots encouraged by their own success 

 to extend the cultivation, 181 ; Large results in 1850-51 and 1851- 

 52, 182; Ryots adopt Dr. Wight's practice, 182; Refutation of 

 the theory that the climate and soil of India are unfitted for 



