INDEX. 



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some queries to Mr. Pinnie, 142 ; 

 recommends Mr. Finnie's visiting 

 England, 186; is succeeded by 

 Sir Henry Pottinger, 203, 210; 

 his views upon the experimental 

 farms, 218—221 ; purposes to es- 

 tablish some model fields, 224. 



tJnited States, 92. 



Upland Cotton, 20, 127, 273. 



Veppel soil, descrjption, 316. 



Vera Cruz;, temperature of, 107. 



Verdooputty, unsuccessful culture of 

 American Cotton, 185. 



Tillage Joint Rent System, 10 ; 

 evils arising from it, 14 ; its dura- 

 tion, 15. 



Virginia, first trial of the growth of 

 Cotton, 143. 



Vizagapatam, 9 ; rate of assessment, 

 note to 15 ; establishment of a 

 Cotton farm, 34 ; insufficiency of 

 the Cotton, 292 ; Cotton yam im- 

 ported from Calcutta, ib. 



Wallajapet, Cotton imported from 

 Bellary, 330. 



Weavers, Native, their rivalry with 

 Cotton manufacturers, 31 ; object 

 to the soft silky fibre of the New 

 Orleans Cotton, 276. 



Wedderbum, Mr., reports on the 

 present state of Cotton cultivation 

 in Cuddapah, 242. 



Weeds, manner of removing, 52, 53 ; 

 found in Cuddapah, 346. 



West Indian Cotton — See Bourbon 

 Cotton. 



White Cotton, 331. 



Whitney's saw gin, note to 26 ; its 

 working, 31. 



Wight, Dr., 28 ; appointed to re- 

 port on the state of agricultm'e in 

 South India, 34; succeeds Capt. 

 Hughes, 41 ; his plan of opera- 

 tions, 44 ; his tour through Coim- 

 batore District, ib. ; draws up 

 notes upon American system of 

 culture, 48; his remarks upon 

 hoeing, 51 ; upon ploughing and 



ridging, 54 ; upon the growth of 

 several plants, 56; his Cotton 

 meets the approbation of the Di- 

 rectors, 57 ; points out the causes 

 of the unfavourable results of his 

 third season, 62 ; his experiment 

 of treating the Cotton plant as a 

 biennial, 64 ; determines to' re- 

 move his farms, 66 ; his opinion 

 upon the localities bordering 

 Dharwar, 76 ; his answers to the 

 queries of the Marquis of Tweed- 

 dale, 82 ; his new Cotton farms 

 in Coimbatore, 90 ; his reply to 

 the suggestion of the Manchester 

 Association, 93 -^ his notes on the 

 adaptation of the American plant 

 to the Indian seasons, 95, 118 ; 

 his plan for extending American 

 culture among the Ityots, 119; 

 applies for the reduction of Assess- 

 ment on lands under American 

 Cotton cultivation, 121 ; proposes 

 to establish a number of small 

 farms at Coimbatore, 125; his 

 labours compared with those of 

 Mr. Finnie, 126 ; sends saw gins 

 to Mr. Finnie, 131 ; requests the 

 Madras Government to order Mr. 

 Finnie to assist him in completing 

 the Directors' order, 138 ; supports 

 Mr. Finnie in the purchase of 

 cattle driving machinery, 167 ; 

 recommends to Mr. Finnie the 

 Ceylon Machinery, 169 ; his re- 

 port on Mr. Finnie's sample, 198 ; 

 his system of purchase compared 

 with that of Mr. Finnie, 200; 

 breach between him and Mr. Fin- 

 nie, 210; recommends the re- 

 moval of Mr. Finnie, 211 ; ap- 

 proves of Mr. Finnie's proceed- 

 ings, 214 ; his explanations to 

 Mr. Finnic, 216; ascribes the fail- 

 ure in Coimbatore to the want of 

 humidity, 229; the East Indian 

 lads under him ordered to go to 

 TinneveUy, 231 ; Sir H. Pottin- 

 ger directs him to break up his 

 establishment in Coimbatore, 232 ; 

 visits Madras, 235 ; applies to be 



