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the sums expended on the experimental Farms at 

 Coimbatore. Finally, he recommended the Bellary 

 district, in the neighbourhood of Hurryhur, as the 

 best locality for commencing the operations he had 

 indicated. 



Approval of Mr. Simpson's suggestions : Minutes of 81 

 his transfer to the Bombay Presidency. — Consuita- 

 The Marquis of Tweeddale seems to have December, 

 entirely approved of the suggestions of ^tum r1 ' 

 Mr. Simpson, and so also did the Court of (i847),p.382: 

 Directors. Circumstances, however, ap- fromCourt 

 pear to have interfered with his being of Directors, 

 located in Bellary, and his services were i845?ibid. p. 

 transferred to the Government of Bombay. 384. 



Dr. Wight's answers to the queries of the Marquis 82 

 of Tweeddale. — In September, 1845, the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale submitted several queries to ^ M , g 

 Dr. Wight respecting the cost of the Cot- letter, 29th 8 

 ton experiment at Coimbatore, the supe- f^^p^i' 

 riority of the American to the Native Return 

 Cotton, the extension of the improved ( 1847 )>p- S87 - 

 methods of cultivation among the Eyots, and the 

 adoption of the saw gins by the Natives. The re- 

 turn of expenditure was so very imperfect that it 

 need not be produced here. On the three other 

 points, however, Dr. "Wight supplied the following 

 information. 



Superiority of the American Cotton to the Indian. 83 



— As regards the superiority of American Cotton to 

 the Indian, Dr. Wight reported that the American 

 was about 20 per cent, more valuable than the Indian, 

 or nearly as 5d. is to 3f d. Again, the American seed 

 produced from *1\ to 9 per cent, more Cotton wool 

 than the Indian seed; in other words, 100 lbs. of 

 American seed yielded from 28^ lbs. to 30 lbs. of 

 clean Cotton wool, whilst 100 lbs. of Indian seed only 

 yielded about 21 lbs. of clean Cotton wool. 



Extension of the improved methods of cultivation 84 

 among the Ryots. — Upon this point Dr. Wight's re- 

 port was not satisfactory. He had introduced the 

 American mode of cultivating and cleaning, to the ex- 



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