1845-46.] ME. FIKNIE's FOTJE YEAES IX TINNETELLY. 85 



Three points in the career of Mr. Finnie : the New 132 

 Orleans Cotton, the Agency, and the Saw Gin. — It 



will be seen from the foregoing paras, that the three 

 objects which Mr. Finnie had put forward were con- 

 nected with the cultivation of New Orleans Cotton, 

 the encouragement of the Eyots by purchasing Cotton 

 as an Agent, and the introduction, or rather non-intro- 

 duction, of the saw gin. Accordingly, in narrating his 

 proceedings the three lines of operations here indicated 

 will be kept distinct as much as possible. Thus, in 

 noticing the proceedings of each season, we shall relate, 

 first, what Mr. Finnie achieved in reference to the 

 cultivation of American Cotton, either by himself or by 

 the Natives ; secondly, what success attended his opera- 

 tions as a Cotton Agent ; and, thirdly, what he actually 

 did as regards the churka and the saw gin. 



Cultivation of Cotton : tour to Courtallum under 133 

 both monsoons, June, 1846. — It has already been stated 

 that Mr. Finnie reached Tinnevelly too late in the year 

 1845 to attempt the cultivation of American Cotton 

 during that season. Also that he had been strongly 

 impressed with the opinion that New Orleans Cotton 

 would grow wherever the country enjoyed the benefit 

 of both monsoons. Accordingly in June, Mr. Einnie's 

 1846, Mr. Finnie proceeded on a tour to ^^fjjj} 1 

 Courtallum in the western portion of the Pari. Return 

 Tinnevelly district, which lies under the ( 1857 ^p- 263 - 

 range of mountains between Tinnevelly and the Native 

 state of Travancore, and which enjoys the influence 

 of both the north-east and south-west monsoons. 



Necessity for the co-operation of the Natives : em- 134 

 ployment of hired labour by the European always a 

 loss. — Mr. Finnie' s ultimate object was to test the 

 capabilities of the large area of country, thus peculiarly 

 situated, for the cultivation of the New Orleans variety. 

 But his more immediate object was to interest the 

 people directly in the new cultivation, by inducing 

 some of the more influential Ryots to plant an acre or 

 two each, on their own account, but according to his 

 directions. Nothing indeed could be done without the 

 co-operation of the people ; for it was an established 



