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but insufficient for the wants of 

 the district, 293. 



Government, Madras, orders respect- 

 ing the Cotton Hand-Book, 2 ; 



: 'enbrts of, towards the cultivation 

 of Cotton, 34; establishes four 

 Cotton Farms, ib. ; appoints Dr. 

 Wight to report on the state of 

 agriculture m Southern India, 

 ib. ; approves the agreements 

 made between Dr. Wight and the 

 Eyots, 44 ; requests Mr. Wrough- 

 ton to explajn the causes of the 

 success of his Cotton experiment, 

 67 ; proposes his abandonment of 

 Cotton farms at Coimbatore, 86 ; 

 requested by Dr. "Wight to re- 

 duce the assessment on lands un- 

 der American Cotton cultivation, 

 121 ; permits Mr. Finnic to act 

 as Cotton Agent, 139 ; removes 

 the restrictions upon Mr. Finnic, 

 140 ; sanctions the purchase of 

 catde-driving machinery for Mr. 

 Fiunie, 167; of small hand- 

 threshers and presses, 191 ; refers 

 the sample of Finnie's Tinnevelly 

 Cotton to Dr. Wight, &c., 197; 

 refuses permission to Mr. Finnic 

 to extend his operation to Coim- 

 batore, 209; Sir Henry Pottin- 

 ger's arrival, 210 ; approves the 

 suggestion of Dr. Wight to try 

 churkaed Cotton with ginned by 

 the English spinners, 215 ; gene- 

 ral opinions upon the experimental 

 culture, 217 ; its decision regard- 

 ing Dr. Wight reversed by the 

 Directors, 239 ; cottage saw gins 

 received, 246 ; further purchase, 

 252 ; places the Cotton farm in 

 Coimbatore under a Duffadar, 257 ; 

 refuses the purchases applied for 

 by Mr. Bird, 26 L ; condemns Dr. 

 Wight's reports, 282 ; withdraws 

 the agency, 283. 



Grate, evils arising from, 70. 



Grecian Archipelago, 143. 



Guntoor, description of, note to 9 ; 

 Cotton exported to the Godavery 

 district, 294. 



Hand-Book to Cotton cultivation, 

 1 ; method pursued in its com- 

 pilation, 2; division of the sub- 

 ject matter, 28 ; leading points of 

 the several chapters, 29; special- 

 ties of the chapters, 30; general 

 result, 369 ; general conclusions, 

 370. 



Hand gins, 253 ; cost of labour, 254. 



Hardy, Mr. Thomas, his report upon 

 Cotton trade at Tuticorin, 328. 



Hathaway, Mr., his report upon 

 Madura, 305—312. 



Hawley, Mr., comes to Madras, 35 ; 

 sent to Tinnevelly, 37 ; removed 

 to Coimbatore, 39 ; transferred to 

 Bombay, 46. 



Heath, Mr., his successful Cotton 

 cultivation at Vizagapatam, 34. 



Hoeing, Dr. Wight's remarks, 51 ; 

 manner of, 62 ; practical suggest- 

 ion upon it, 116; season for adopt- 

 ing it, 162. 



Honore, 365. 



Hughes, Captain, his efforts at Tin- 

 nevelly, 33; three planters sent 

 under his superintendence, 37 ; 

 succeeded by Dr. Wight, 41 ; good 

 crop of American Cotton obtained 

 by him, 211. 



Hughes' Tinnevelly Cotton, 33, 372 ; 

 method of cultivating Bourbon 

 Cotton, note to 34. 



Hullial, Mr. Simpson's report upon 

 it, 78, 365. 



Hurryhur, 80. 



Idler, Mr., 141. 



Inam Commission, its origin, 15. 



India, its climate compared with that 

 of America, 8; rivalry between 

 its Native weavers and the Cotton 

 Manufacturers of Great Britain, 

 31 ; ten American Planters sent, 

 36 ; treatment of Bourbon variety 

 as a biennial, 64 ; advantages in 

 the cultivation of American Cot- 

 ton, 72 ; remunerative demand re- 

 quired, 73 ; characteristics of the 

 seasons, 97; its climate not too 

 hot, but too cold, 106 ; diminish- 



