172 COTTON IN THE MABBAS PEESIDENCT. [CHAP. T, 



^ could be worked all day by two men altera 



Ser,6^^ nately; that it cleaned about 1^ maunds 

 CoiS'tofof (*^ ^^^-^ °^ ^^^^ Cotton per hour, thus doing 

 Cud^paii's about three times the work of the Man- 

 Ap^^ilso! Chester Cottage gin; and that it cost only 

 Pari.'Retuvn 40 rupees. At the same time the Collector 

 (1857), p. 387. Q^ Cuddapah expressed a strong opinion 

 upon the importance of introducing a suitable gin. 

 Letter from Accordingly, the Board of Eevenue solicited 

 B a^Z9™^ sanction from the Madras Government for 

 April, 'i850. the purchase of fifty Dharwar gins ; twenty- 

 a857)^p*s86! fi^s f°^ experimental use in Bellary, and 

 twenty-five for Cuddapah ; at a cost of £4 

 TC™me°nt?°" each, or £200 for fifty. By this time, how- 

 Srdjune,' ever, further supplies of the Manchester 

 Return'*'''' Cottage gin had been received from England, 

 (1857), p. 388. making a total of seventy-two gins. IJnder 

 these circumstances the Madras Grovemment was un- 

 prepared to expend £200 in Dharwar gins ; and di- 

 rected that Dr. Wight should furnish the Collectors of 

 Bellary and Cuddapah with as many Manchester Cot- 

 tage gins as could be spared ; but in addition author- 

 ized each Collector to purchase for trial in his District 

 five of the Dharwar gins. 

 253 Dr. Wight compares the working of the Dharwar 

 Dr. Wight's Crin, the Manchester Cottage Gin, and the 

 j"ri85o. ^^^^^ ^^^^ Gin.— The report of Mr. Felly, 

 Pari.' Return that the Dharwar gin cleaned 42 lbs. of 

 (i857),p.389. ggg^ Cotton per hour, and that it could be 

 worked the whole day long, naturally led to an applica- 

 tion from Dr. "Wight, that he also might be supplied 

 with a model of this machine, for trial in his establishment 

 at Coimbatore. The letter is somewhat confused, inas- 

 much as information as to the relative cost of labour 

 on the churka and the various sorts of gins, is inter- 

 mixed with arguments to prove that the reported suc- 

 Mather's cess of the Dharwar gin was incredible. The 

 Bengaip!ii., 1^**61" question, considered apart, may be 

 p. 415. See" very briefly treated. The Manchester Cot- 

 for Ameriran ^^S^ S^^^ vieve each worked by only one 

 co-saw rius man or one woman at a time. If worked 

 atCoimba- ■, ,, j_ j_ t. i 



tore. by men, the average out-turn of each was 



