1846-47.] MR. FIN^IE'S TOUR YEARS IN TINNEYELLY. 117 



that a machine might yet be constructed, jMfes^^A^ 

 which would clean the Cotton in a manner Co.'s n ietter, 

 equally efficient, and at a less cost. The J^ s ^j 

 Statement of Mr. Einnie bears the following Return 

 title :— " Tabular Statement, showing the t 185 ?)*^ 65 - 

 quantity of seed Cotton cleaned in a day by one 

 Thresher and three Gins, two of twenty-five saws, and 

 one of twenty saws ; the per centage and quantity of 

 clean Cotton from a given quantity of seed Cotton, and 

 the amount and per centage of waste ; the cost of seed 

 Cotton, cost of separating the seed from the fibre, and 

 total cost per candy of clean Cotton in Rupees (reduced 

 to English money), and cost per lb. in English money." 



ME. EINNIE'S TABULAE STATEMENT. 



Time required to clean 

 No. of Saws. 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton. 



H. M. 



f No. 1 25 15 



Gins. I No. 2 25 2 7 



( No. 3 20 . . . . about 1 





lbs. 





1700 



Total of Clean Cotton in lbs. obtained from the Seed 



370=f 



Average of lbs. of Clean Cotton obtained from 100 lbs. of Seed 



21-81 



Cotton Seed in lbs. after separated from the staple 



1280| 



Average of Seed obtained from 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton after 







75-33 





29| 



Do. per 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton 



1-73 





18 



Do. on every 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton 



1-06 



Loss and Trash and small particles of Cotton in Flue in lbs. 



1 



Do. on every 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton 



006 





2 



Do. on every 100 lbs. of Seed Cotton 



0-11 



