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burst. That sown in the beginning of October is just 

 now opening into flower, and is only about one foot 

 high, evidently kept back by the heavy monsoon." As 

 regards the alterations you made in the gins, they were 

 not small matters as you represent. The position of 

 the brush pulleys was altered ; and the result was that 

 one gin revolved the wrong way, whilst the other re- 

 quired six men instead of four to work it. In fact, you 

 injured their working properties, and then complained 

 of their inefficiency. 



General opinions of the Madras Government and 217 

 Court of Directors upon the Experimental Culture. — 



The foregoing correspondence was forwarded to the 

 Madras Government by Dr. Wight ; but by this time 

 the whole question of the advisability of continuing the 

 Cotton experiment in any form, was being brought 

 under the consideration of the authorities. The whole 

 cost of the experiment, which in 1847 had g tatements 

 reached two lakhs and a half, or £25,000, of the Ac- 

 had now in 1849 reached to very nearly {^j^i*" 

 four lakhs, or £40,000 ; though from this Pari. Return 

 sum total must be deducted about half a ^ 1857 ^P- m 

 lakh, or £5000, for money received as the sale proceeds 

 of Cotton shipped to England, and the value of saw 

 gins, and other machinery. At the same time, though 

 much information had been obtained, it did not appear 

 that many practical results had been obtained. The 

 action of Government upon the matter can be best 

 understood, first, by noticing the recorded opinions of 

 the Marquis of Tweeddale, and the remarks of the 

 Court of Directors thereon ; and, secondly, by bringing 

 forward the views of Sir Henry Pottinger, which led to 

 the temporary abandonment of the experimental cul- 

 ture in this Presidency. 



VIEWS OF THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE. 



Minute of the Marquis of Tweeddale in 1847: 1st, 218 

 I To relinquish the Experimental Farm in Coimbatore, 



—It has already been seen that either the Marquis of 



