120 COTTON m THE MADE AS PRESIDENCY. [3ED SEASON. 



June 3 i847 employment. The Government sanction 

 Pari/Return was given on the 30th of June, and Mr. 

 (1857), p. 275. p mn i e immediately proceeded to Court- 

 allum to commence operations ; but on his arrival the 

 Mr. Finnie's heavy burst of the south-west monsoon was 



March 1 1MS 0Ver ' ^ te ha(i to Wait Until tlie 10tn ° f 



Pari. Return September before he could commence clear- 

 (1857), p. 364. ^ an( j planting. Notwithstanding, how- 

 ever, that the Cotton was planted too late, we are told 

 that it did very well and produced a good crop. 



185 Unsuccessful culture at Sevacausey, Virdooputty, 

 and Aroopoocottah. — During this same season, Mr. 

 [Finnie ordered a few acres to be planted with American 

 Cotton at the three stations of Sevacausey, Virdoo- 

 putty, and Aroopoocottah ; merely, however, out of 

 deference to the advice of Dr. Wight, and merely to 

 Mr. Finnie's prevent his opponents from saying that the 

 te^er, 23rd experiment had not been fairly tried. At 

 Pari. Return the commencement of the season he ex- 

 (1857), p. 279. pected a complete failure, but the results 

 Mr. Einnie's do not appear to have been quite so un- 

 Aprif,'i848. satisfactory as he had anticipated. At the 

 Pari. Return close of the season he reported, that whilst 

 (1857), p. 278. ^ e plants had failed in the open plains, 

 those in protected spots had grown very well and 

 yielded some Cotton. 



186 Agency operations : Mr. Finnie requests permission 

 to proceed to England to consult with the Cotton 

 Manufacturers. — About Christmas time, that is, after 

 Mr. Einnie's the Cotton had been planted but before it 

 tetter^23rd nac [ begun to ripen, Mr. Finnie began to 

 Pari! Return grow exceedingly disgusted with his forced 

 (1857), p. 275. inactivity in Tinnevelly. "Where is the 

 necessity," he wrote, " of keeping me here to look at 

 the working of three miserable gins ? The gin- house, 

 which is ordered at Sevacausey, will not be completed 

 for six or eight months longer ; and by that time the 

 coming Cotton season will be over. Thus with the 

 means at my disposal I can do but very little this year ; 

 and at the same time I never shall be able to effect 

 much for the improvement of the Indian Cotton, with- 



