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Eelative cost of the Churka, the Hand Gin, and the 208 

 Cattle Gin. — But though Mr. Finnie had not been able 

 to set up both the hand gins and the driv- Mr. Fmnie's 

 ing machinery in the same house, he was s e ept r 'i849 h 

 still enabled, a few months afterwards, to Parl.'Return 

 furnish the following table of the relative ( 1857 >'P- 373 - 

 cost of the churka, the hand gin, and the cattle ma- 

 chinery. 



Cost of separating the staple from a Candy of clean 

 Seed Cotton. 



k. a. p. £ s. d. 



By the Churka . . ..4 14 8 = 9 10 



Bvthe Hand Gin (contract) 6 14 4 = 013 9£ 



By the same (hired labour) 10 3 10 = 1 5| 



By Cattle machinery . . 8 13 6=0 17 8^ 



Mr. Finnic pointed out that, according to this table, 

 the hand gin, even when worked by contract, was more 

 expensive than the churka ; without taking into con- 

 sideration the original outlay, or the cost of wear and 

 tear. Then again the cattle machinery was much more 

 expensive than the hand gin ; and if the calculation 

 were made for the whole year, the cattle machinery 

 would be found infinitely more expensive, as the bul- 

 locks and drivers would have to be kept up constantly, 

 even when no ginning was going on. If, however, the 

 people would employ the bullocks in ploughing the 

 land, as well as in ginning the Cotton, they might reduce 

 the expense ; but even then, the capital required for 

 setting up such an establishment would exhaust the 

 whole fortune of several Cotton dealers. 



Mr. Finnie refused permission to extend his opera- 209 

 tions to Coimbatore. — Whilst the cattle Mr. Fiimie's 

 machinery was thus being put in working April'S. 

 order at Sevacausey, Mr. Finnie requested Pari. Return 

 permission to extend his operations to Co- ( 1857 )>p- 30() - 

 imbatore. He stated that the people of Tinnevelly and 

 Madura were now sufficiently aware of the importance 

 of attending to the cleanliness of their Cotton ; and 



