CHAPTEE V. 



DISPUTES BETWEEN DE. WIGHT AND MR. FLTSTNIE, DISCUS- 

 SIONS OE THE MADRAS GOVERNMENT AND COURT OP 

 DIRECTORS, AND FINAL CLOSE OE THE EXPERIMENTAL 

 CULTURE. 1849 TO 1853. 



(210.) Marquis of Tweeddale succeeded by Sir Henry Pottinger : breach, 

 between Dr. Wight and Mr. Finnic — (211.) Mr. Finnie convinced of the 

 folly of cultivating American Cotton in India : Dr. Wight recommends his 

 removal. — (212.) Points of the dispute: summary of the Correspondence. 



DISCUSSION BETWEEN DE. WIGHT AND ME, FINNIE. 



(213.) Mr. Finnie to Dr. Wight, 7th November, 1848 : "I have had 

 great difficulties in ginning, but have induced many Natives to plant 

 American Cotton." — (214.) Dr. Wight to Mr. Finnie, 15th November : 

 I Your purchase of churkaed Cotton is illegal, your culture of American 

 Cotton unsatisfactory, and your ginning too expensive." — (215.) Mr. Fin- 

 nie to Dr. Wight, 18th December: " My plans have all been approved by 

 the authorities." — (216.) Dr. Wight's explanations, 30th January. 



(217.) General opinions of the Madras Government and Court of Di- 

 rectors upon the experimental culture. 



VIEWS OF THE MAEQTJIS OF TWEEDDALE. 



(218.) Propositions of the Marquis of Tweeddale in 1847: First, To 

 relinquish the experimental Farm in Coimbatore. — (219.) Second, To 

 establish small Model Fields under a practical Agency, amongst the Na- 

 tive Cultivators. — (220.) Third, To set up small Gin Establishments, and to 

 keep up good roads to the Forts. — (221.) Limits to Government Agency : 

 the Manufacturer should purchase direct from the Eyot. 



VIEWS OF THE COUET OF DIEECTOES. » 



(222.) Despatch of the Court of Directors, 1848 — (223.) First, The 

 Cotton Farm at Coimbatore may be relinquished : it has proved that the 

 right Cotton can be grown, and the price alone remains to be ascertained. 

 —(224.) u Agency confined to practical Planters " may be tried on a small 

 scale. 



VIEWS OF SIE HENEY POTTINGEE. 



(225.) Minute of Sir Henry Pottinger, May, 1849.— (226.) The Ex- 

 perimental Farms have been fully tried, and their continuance would be 

 injurious— (227.) American Cotton in any part of the Madras Presidency 



