INDEX. 



Ixiii 



Oliphant, Mr. J., 287. 



Oodoomiilcottah, a Cotton fann 

 established, 46 ; description of the 

 soil, 65. 



Oopum — See Indian Cotton. 



Ootacamimd, Mr. Wrough ton's ex- 

 periment, 66 ; enjoys both mon- 

 soons, 68 ; amount of Cotton pro- 

 duced by Mr. Wroughton, 72; 

 cost of cultivation, 74. 



Overseers — See Planters. 



Pattikondu, talook of, 340. 



Paulgbautoherry Pass, enjoys both 

 monsoons, 68, 137, 356. 



Paupugny river, 346. 



Pelly, Mr., reports favourably upon 

 Dharwar saw gin, 252, 253 ; his 

 report upon the district of Bellary, 

 331—338. 



Pennar river, 346. 



People's Park, failure of the Brazil- 

 ian Cotton, 299 ; successful cul- 

 ture of the Egyptian and Bour- 

 bon variety, ib. 



Pernambueo, 20 ; successful culture 

 on the Coromandel Coast, 279; 

 experimental culture by Dr. 

 Mudge, 299. 



Petit Gulph, Dr. Wight cultivates 

 by irrigation, 242. 



Petrie, Mr., sent to superintend the 

 repairs of the gins, 61 ; recom- 

 mends to Mr. Pinnie the Ceylon 

 machinery, 169; his opinions 

 about gins, 170 ; his best saw gin, 

 182. 



Philadelphia, 141. 



Planters, American, sent to India, 

 35 ; contemplated removal of 

 them to the neighbourhood of 

 Salem, 38 ; ordered to carry on 

 their operations in Bellary and 

 Tinnevelly, 86; four points neg- 

 lected in their experiment in 

 Coimbatore, 90 ; report upon the 

 partial suitability of Indian cli- 

 mate to American Cotton, 211. 



Planting, 151 ; Mr. Finnie's opera- 

 tions, 184 ; season for American 

 varieties in Madras, 299 ; for In- 



dian Cotton in Madura, 310 ; in 

 Tinnevelly, 323; in Cuddapah, 

 347. 



Ploughs, American, compared with 

 Native ones, 64. 



Plough, Native, used in banking up 

 the ridges, 62 ; compared with 

 American ones, 54. 



Pottel soil, description, 317. 



Pottinger, Sir Henry, 28 ; succeeds 

 the Marguis of Tweeddale, 203, 

 210 ; his neutral position between 

 Dr. Wight and Mr. Finnie, 212 ; 

 insists upon his resolutions con- 

 cerning the Cotton farms, 236; 

 condemns Dr. Wight's report, 

 282 ; recommends the withdrawal 

 of the Government Agency, 283. 



Press, hand, 61; expenses, 156; 

 recommended by Mr. Finnie, 190 ; 

 sanctioned, 191. 



Press, Mr. Finnie's cheap Cotton, 

 195. 



Prince, Mr., contracts to cultivate 

 Cotton in Coimbatore, 241. 



Pruning, season for, note to 34. 



Pullicamy, Mr. Finnie's report 

 upon, 89. 



Pulney HUls, 137. 



Punjab land, description of, note to 

 235. 



Puttahdars— See Eyots. 



Eaiu, its effects upon Cotton shrub, 

 42; mean falls in the Camatic, 

 109; in Madura, 307; in Tinne- 

 velly, 320 ; in Bellary, note to 

 333 ; in Coimbatore, 357. 



Raipore, 292. 



Eajahmundry, description, note to 

 9 ; Cotton exported to Vizagapa- 

 tam, 292. 



Eeade, Mr. Charles, reports on the 

 extent of Cotton cultivation in 

 Chingleput, 297. 



Red Cotton, 294. 



Red Loam — See Red SoU. 



Eegur — See Eed Soil. 



Eed Soil, description, 16 ; compared 

 with Black Soil, 42 ; given to Dr. 

 Wight, 48 ; result of the second 



