128 COTTON IN THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [3UD SEASON. 



Dr. Wight's follows. It is such Cotton as would be 

 l j™'m& called in Liverpool " good Tinnevelly." In 

 Pari. 'Return average states of the markets, it would 



(1857), p. ^93. realize fr()m tQ per lb . in m()re 



favourable states it might fetch 5d. or 5^i. It is about 

 the same quality as 300 bales of gin-cleaned Cotton, 

 which were sent home from Coimbatore in the begin- 

 ning of 1847, when prices ranged unusually high ; and 

 which on that occasion fetched 5fc?. Six bales of f 

 American Cotton purchased from Ryots, were sold at 

 the same time for h\d. "Whilst, however, Mr. Finnie's 

 sample is the same quality as the 300 bales of gin- 

 cleaned, it must be borne in mind that gin- cleaned 

 Cotton has always sold higher than churka-cleaned ; 

 first, because it looks better and is easier carded ; and 

 secondly, because it is more free from sand and other 

 impurities, which add to the weight but detract from tho 

 value. Mr. Finnie's sample however is not a faithful one. 

 The particles of trash have been separated by the hand, 

 and consequently the sample is more valuable than the 

 mass from which it was taken, and which could not be 

 picked in the same manner excepting at a ruinous 

 charge. As regards Mr. Finnie's statement, that if 

 the Cotton could be sent to England via America, it 

 would be mistaken for American Cotton ; such a thing 

 is impossible, as the English Brokers would have de- 

 tected it at once from the shortness of the staple. In- 

 deed, the Native merchants at Coimbatore had valued 

 the Tinnevelly at 39 and 40 rupees, or 78s. and 80s., 

 per candy ; whereas they would not value the American 

 Cotton at all, as it had not obtained sufficient currency 

 in the Indian markets for them to fix a valuation. 

 Again, the fact that six bales of Indian-grown American 

 Cotton sold at Liverpool at Id. per lb. higher than a 

 batch of first-rate Indian Cotton, sufficiently established 

 the superiority of the American. 

 199 Large shipment of Churkaed Cotton contrary to the 

 orders of the Directors. — With regard to Mr. Finnie's 

 request that he might be permitted to make large ship- 

 ments of the churka-cleaned Tinnevelly Cotton, in 

 order to encourage the production of the article, Dr. 



