CONTENTS. 



tore and Aroopoocottah to be placed under the Collectors for the use 

 of the Ryots, 159 ; Unfounded complaint of the Manchester Asso- 

 ciation : the Manchester merchants ought to help themselves, 159. 



State of Dr. Wight's Farm at Coimbatore, May, 1849 : 500 acres 

 held by lease and 200 acres worked by contract, 160 ; Application 

 of Dr. Wight to be permitted to sow and gather one crop more : 

 r refused, June, 161 ; Departure of Mr. Einnie from the Madras 

 \ Presidency, 163 ; Mr. Einnie's last letter, July, 1849 : — The gins 

 j will always remain idle after Government ceases to use them, 163 ; 

 - Decision of the Madras Government as regards Dr. Wight, re- 

 versed by the Court of Directors, September, 164 ; Dr. Wight's 

 j services to be retained : Mr. Einnie's dispensed with, 166 ; State 

 of the Farms at Coimbatore, 167 ; Dr. Wight cultivates American 

 Cotton by irrigation, 167 ; Postponement of Dr. Wight's Cotton 

 Report, 167 ; 1st, Mather's improved Churka, 168 ; 2nd, The 

 ; Manchester Cottage saw gin, 169 ; Twenty-four Cottage saw gins 

 3 received by the Madras Government, 1849, 169 ; Report of the 

 Madras Chamber of Commerce ; the working of the Cottage 

 \ saw gin unsatisfactory, 170 ; Expense of the Cottage saw gin 

 5 an insuperable bar to its employment in India, 170; Dr. Wight 

 .j reports favourably of the Cottage saw gin, 170; Prices of the 

 . Cottage saw gin to Natives and Europeans, 171 ; Favourable re- 

 port of the Collector of Tanjore : subsequently reversed, 171 ; 

 J, Eavourable reports on the Dharwar saw gin, 171 ; Dr. Wight 

 9 compares the working of the Dharwar gin, the Manchester Cottage 

 gin, and the large hand gin, 172 ; Relative cost of labour on the 

 Churka, the Manchester Cottage gin, and the large hand gins, 

 173 ; Three years' progress in the Cotton experiment, 1850-52, 

 ii 174 ; Colonel Lawford's cultivation by irrigation in Tanjore, 174 ; 

 : Mr. Wroughton's Collectorate Earm at Coimbatore, 175 ; Mr. 

 s Thomas's opinions upon the best method of inducing the Ryots to 

 cultivate American Cotton, 176 ; Cotton cultivation by Mr. David 

 Lees in Tinnevelly : discussion concerning the right of Chayroot 

 renters, 177; Discussion respecting the purchase of American 

 Cotton on Government account from the Ryots of Tinnevelly, 178 ; 

 » Authoritv for the purchases refused by the Madras Government, 

 ■ 179 ; Completion of Dr. Wight's report, May, 1852, 179. 



j DR. WIGHT'S FINAL REPORT. 



L Stage of the Cotton experiment in 1849, 180; Improved prospects 



. i during 1850-51 and 1851-52, 180 ; Previous reluctance of the 



I Ryots to cultivate American Cotton connected with the existence 



i i of the Cotton Earms, 181 ; Ryots encouraged by their own success 



1 5 to extend the cultivation, 181 ; Large results in 1850-51 and 1851- 



. • 52, 182; Ryots adopt Dr. Wight's practice, 182; Refutation of 



,u the theory that the climate and soil of India are unfitted for 



