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INDEX. 



Tetley, Mr., reports upon samples of 

 Cotton, 43, 45. 



Thomas, Mr. E. B., supports the re- 

 commendation of Mr. Finnie's to 

 hand-threshers and presses, 191 ; 

 believes that Cotton was not adul- 

 terated by design, 192 ; recom- 



. mends the cultivation of New 

 Orleans Cotton, 193; delivered 

 up all lands under cultivation to 

 the Eyots, 241 ; his method to 

 induce the Eyots to cultivate 

 American Cotton, 258; his re- 

 port upon Coimhatore, 354 — 362. 



Thornhill, Mr., describes the stage 

 of the Cotton experiment in Erist- 

 na, 294. 



Thresher, its description, 27; Mr. 

 Finnic recommends its use, 131 ; 

 his first year's proceedings with 

 it, 141 ; second year's proceedings, 

 163 ; erection of one at Aroopoo- 

 cottah, 173; Mr. Finnie's third 

 year's, operations, 187 ; cost of 

 cleaning Cotton, 188. 



Thresher, hand, recommended by 

 Mr. Finnie, 190 ; sanctioned, 191 ; 

 Sir Henry Pottinger sanctions the 

 establishment, 225. 



Tinnevelly, 9 ; description of the 



. soil, 16 ; one of the principal Cot- 

 ton districts, 17 ; introduction oft 

 Bourbon Cotton, 33; trial of 

 American saw gin, 34 ; establish- 

 ment of a Cotton farm, ib. ; three 

 American Planters located, 37 ; 

 Planters removed, 38 ; proposed 

 operations of the Planters, 86 ; 

 Mr. Fiimie despatched, 89 ; his 

 first impressions of it, 127 ; 

 amount of shipment of Cotton 

 every year, 129 ; Madras Mer- 

 chants establish Agents, 162 ; Mr. 

 Finnie's proposal for the erection 

 of a gin-house and cattle driving 

 machmery, 166 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 notes on the peculiarities of the 

 Cotton trade, 175 — 178; stage 

 of the Cotton experiments, 183 ; 

 meeting of the Cotton Brokers, 187; 

 no market or Agency required, 



193; scarcity of timber, 207; 

 good crops of Amerian Cotton 

 obtained by Mr. Hughes, 211; 

 hand threshers are allowed, 225 ; 

 Mr. Finnie's departure, 237 ; Mr. 

 Lees' cultivation, 259 ; discussion 

 concerning the purchase of Ameri- 

 can Cotton from the Ryots, 260; 

 Mr. Lees' partial success, 280; 

 failure of the experiment of 

 Egyptian Cotton by the Collector, 

 298 ; Cotton exported to Tanjore, 

 303; detailed report from Mr, 

 Mayne, 313 ; of soU, 314—318 ; 

 geology and topography, 319 ; 

 climate, 320 ; seed, 321 ; charac- 

 ter of the Cotton plant, 322; 

 mode of cultivation, 323 ; manure, 

 324 ; diseases, 325. 



Tinnevelly Cotton, Finnie's, 196; 

 Dr. "Wight's report, 198, 211; 

 the action of the Cottage gin upon 

 it, 247. 



Tinnevelly Cotton, Hughes', 33,372. 



Travancore, 9, 133, 368. 



Travers, Mr., 302. 



Trichindore, efforts of Messrs. Long- 

 shaws, 281. 



Trichinopoly, 9 ; quantity of Cotton 

 and mode of cultivation, 302. 



Tuddey river, 365. 



Turner, Mr. Aspinall, reports the 

 opinions of the Manchester Asso- 

 ciation regarding Mr. Finnie's 

 Cotton, 202. 



Tuticorin, existence of Agency sys- 

 tem, 193; consumption of good 

 Cotton, 205 ; Jaffna driving ma- 

 chinery bought, 207 ; the Agents 

 report that good Cotton had been 

 brought in abundance, 216; the 

 principal sea-port, 313, 327. 



Tweeddale, Marquis of, modifica- 

 tion of the Cotton experiment, 28 

 succeeds Lord Elphinstone, 67 

 approves the suggestions of Mr. 

 Simpson, 81 ; submits some 

 queries to Dr. Wight, 82 ; is in 

 avour of the reduction of assess- 

 ment of lands under American 

 Cotton cultivation, 122; submits 



