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some queries by the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, 142; Ms notes on 

 Cotton cultivation in America and 

 India, 143 — 160 ; disappointed as 

 an Agent, 162; sells two gins to 

 Zemindars, 164 ; proposes to erect 

 a . gin-house and cattle-driving 

 machinery in Tinnevelly, 166; 

 sanctioned, 167 ; changes his 

 opinion as regards driving ma- 

 chinery, 168 ; explains his in- 

 consistencies to the Madras Go- 

 vernment, 169 ; his general ob- 

 jections to the gins discussed by 

 Dr. Wight, 170 ; his proposition 

 for erecting a gin-house, 171 ; 

 hires a gin-house at Aroopoocot- 

 tah, 172 ; erects three gins and a 

 thresher, 173 ; his notes on the 

 peculiarities of the Cotton trade 

 in Tinnevelly, 175—178; his 

 statement of the expenses of gin- 

 ning, 181 ; requests permission to 

 proceed to England, 186 ; recom- 

 mends the introduction of small 

 hand threshers and cheap presses, 

 190 ; invents a cheap Cotton press, 

 195; forwards to the Madras 

 Government a sample of Tinne- 

 velly Cotton, 196; his letter to 

 Government, note ; comparison of 

 his system of purchasing Cotton 

 with that of Dr. Wight, 200 ; his 

 proposed extension of planting 

 operations, 263 ; his matured 

 judgment against the culture of 

 American Cotton or use of the 

 American gin, 204 ; refused per- 

 mission to extend his operations 

 to Coimbatore, 209; his breach 

 with Dr. Wight, 210 ; is con- 

 vinced of the folly of cultivating 

 American Cotton in India, 211 ; 

 his correspondence about grovring 

 and planting American Cotton, 

 213 ; his proceedings disapproved 

 by Dr. Wight, 214 ; advises Dr. 

 Wight that all his plans have been 

 approved by the authorities, 215 ; 

 is allowed to remain in Tinne- 

 velly to instruct the East Indian 



lads in the use of the gins, 231 ; 

 his departure from the Madras 

 Presidency, 237 ; his last letter, 

 248. 



Fischer, Mr., his Cotton establish- 

 ment at Salem, 38; adopts th,e 

 suggestion of Lord Elphinstone, 

 ib. ; his general views upon Cot- 

 ton, 39 ; reports upon the un- 

 suitability of the climate of Salem 

 to the growth of Brazilian Cot- 

 ton, 299 ; his report upon North 

 Canara, 364. 



Fischer and Co., Messrs. , Cotton ex- 

 porters in Salem, 353. 



Florida, mean falls of rain, 109. 



Foot Eoller, description, 24. 



Ganjam, 9; Cotton produce incon- 

 Biderable but easily increased by 

 money advances, 291 ; the soil 

 suited to the growth of Egyptian 

 Cotton, 298. 



Georgia, a Cotton cleaner sent to the 

 Madras Presidency from, 34 ; its 

 crops compared with those of 

 India, 271 ; its soil vrith South- 

 ern India, 275. 



Ghauts, Eastern, description of, 5, 

 7. 



Ghauts, Western, description of, 5 ; 

 heavy rains upon, 7, 356. 



Gin-house, its state, 61 ; its ex- 

 penses, 56 ; Mr. Finnie's proposal 

 for its erection iu Tinnevelly, 166, 

 171 ; hire of a temporary one at 

 Aroopoocottah, 172 ; erected at 

 Sevacausey, 207 ; allowed for the 

 use of the Eyots, 233; sold to Mr. 

 Campbell at Coimbatore, 265. 



Gins, a practical person recommend- 

 ed for their exhibition, 80 ; their 

 expenses, 166; Zemindars pur- 

 chase of, 164 ; their unfitness for 

 Indian Cotton, 170 ; difficulties in 

 conducting the operations at Aroo- 

 poocottah, 179 ; heavy expenses 

 incurred, 181 ; necessity for im- 

 proving the construction, 182. 



Godavery district, 9 ; Cotton wool 

 exported, 34 ; Cotton supply large, 



