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INDEX. 



Mobile, temperature, 107. 



Model Fields, Marquis of Tweed- 

 dale suggests the establishment, 

 224. 



Monsoon, iNorth-east, its duration, 

 7 ; reported failure of the crop in 

 consequence of it, 40 ; its effects 

 upon Cotton shrub, 42 ; certain 

 tracts of land enjoying it, 68 ; 

 seasons on the Coromandel Coast, 

 98 ; Cotton cultivation, 100 ; its 

 influence upon American plant, 

 266 ; its duration in Coimbatore, 

 275 ; diseases during its preva- 

 lence, 312, 338. 



Monsoon, South-west, its duration, 

 7 ; certain tracts of land enjoying 

 it, 68; season on the Malabar 

 Coast, 101; Cotton cultivation, 

 102. 



Montgomery, Sir Henry, discourses 

 with Dr. Wight on the state of 

 the Cotton farms, 235. 



Morris, Mr., arrives at Madras, 35 ; 

 sent to Tinnevelly, 37 ; removed 

 to Errode, 39 ; his remarks upon 

 the growth of American plants, 

 54 ; exchanges Cotton farm with 

 Mr. Sherman, note to 65 ; de- 

 spatched to Eellary, 87 ; his re- 

 port upon it, 88 ; his death, ib. ' 



Mudge, I)r., experimental culture of 

 BraEilian Cotton, 299. 



Mundgood, Mr. Simpson, report, 78, 

 365. 



Murray, Mr., his report on Cudda- 

 pah, 343, 352. 



Muslins, Indian, stoppage of de- 

 mand, 3. 



Mysore, 9 ; elevation above the sea, 

 329 ; mode of the Cotton trade, 

 365. 



Nadum Cotton — inferior sort of In- 

 dian Cotton, 20. 



Nagpore, 292. 



Nankin, 288. 



Natchez, Captain Bayles' visit there, 

 36; its temperature, 107. 



Native Cotton — See Indian Cot- 

 ton. 



Negapatam, method to increase the 

 cultivation of Cotton, 292. 



Negroes, employed in cleaning Cot- 

 ton, 143 ; picking the Cotton, 153. 



Neilgherries, 299. 



Nellore, 9; a grazing district, 296. 



Nelson, Mr., reports upon the work- 

 ing of the Cottage saw gin. 



NewUl, Mr., 302. 



New Orleans, a Cotton cleaner sent 

 to Madras Presidency from, 34. 



New Orleans Cotton, 20, 21 ; com- 

 pared with Indian and Bourbon, 

 22; opinion of Mr Morris re- 

 garding it, 40 ; manner of sowing, 

 49; report of the Brokers upon 

 the samples, 59 ; its trial as a 

 biennial plant, 64 ; successfully 

 cultivated in Dharwar, 76 ; ap- 

 proval of Dr. Wight's sample, 92 ; 

 high temperature required. 111; 

 treatment of the plant as an an- 

 nual, 117; insignificance of the 

 cultivation of , the Eyots, 124 ; 

 Mr. Finnie's opinion about its 

 growth in Tinnevelly, 127 ; his 

 object in cultivating it, 132; ex- 

 tent of land in India under its 

 cultivation, 169 ; its cultivation at 

 Courtallum, 161 ; Mr. Thomas 

 recommends its cultivation, 194; 

 Coimbatore suitable to its growth, 

 214; Dr. Wight offers high 

 prices, 226 ; opinion of the Man- 

 chester Association, 234; Dr. 

 Wight cultivates by irrigation, 

 242 ; the action of the Cottage 

 gin, 247; objections of the spin- 

 ners, 276; su^ccessfully cultivated 

 on the Coromandel Coast, 279 ; 

 the average height of the plant in 

 Coimbatore, 369. 



Nizam, dominions of the, 4 ; Cotton 

 exported to Canara, 364. 



North America — See America. 



North American Cotton, varieties of 

 the, 20. 



Northern Circars — See Circars. 



NuUamalah mountain, 346. 



Nunjah land, its description, note to 

 235. 



