168 COTTON IK THE MADRAS PRESIDENCY. [CHAP. V. 



vation on the Coimbatore and other Farms, which the 

 Court of Directors had called on Dr. Wight to supply, 



Para 240 was P os ^P one( ^ f° r a wnue until the latter 

 could obtain further materials. Upon this 

 point Dr. "Wight observed that such a report, to be 

 really useful and satisfactory, must be comprehensive, 

 embodying both principles and practical details. Ac- 

 cordingly, the completion of the Report was delayed for 

 two years and a half, and was not finally addressed to the 

 Madras Government until May, 1852. Before however 

 exhibiting the subject matter of this final report, three 

 matters require especial notice ; viz. — 1st, An attempt 

 to improve the Indian Churka ; 2nd, An attempt to 

 simplify the American saw gin ; and 3rd, The further 

 progress made in the cultivation of American Cotton. 

 2M 1st, Mather's improved Churka. — This machine was 

 constructed in Bengal, and obtained a prize, but was 

 never fairly tried in the Madras Presidency, nor indeed 

 does it seem to have been regarded as generally satis- 



Pa l Re ort ^^J* differed from the ordinary 



(1857). Ben- Madras Churka, described in para. 25, in 

 III' and439 ^ ne ^'°^ owm g particulars. The upper roller 

 was of steel instead of wood. The motion 

 of one was communicated to the other by means of a 

 spur wheel and pinion instead of an endless screw, by 

 means of which the upper roller performed four re- 

 volutions to one of the lower roller. A fan of strong 

 whalebone brushes was also attached, for cleaning the 

 staple as soon as it has passed through the rollers ; 

 much in the same manner as the brush- wheel attached 

 to the American gin, cleaned the staple after it was 

 Mr Pinnies se P arate( i from the seed by the circular 

 letter, Toth saws. Opinions were expressed both by 

 Dr ar wignt^' I)r - Wight; and Mr. Einnie on the descrip- 

 letter, 4th tion of the machine which was forwarded 

 ^? r Henry 8 ' to tne Madras Government ; and accord- 

 Montgo- ingly it was requested that two Mathers's 

 ter^i7tn et " improved Churkas might be sent to Dr. 

 April, 1848. "Wight's experimental Farm. No further 



Pari. Return b , r . , . , . ., . . v 



(1857), pp. report upon their working capacity is to be 

 390,391. found in the Madras records. From the 



