1850.] 



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report of the working of the same gins. Br. Wight's 

 He requested that the whole of the Cot- March 2 i85o 

 tage saw gins then in Madras might be Pari. Return 

 forwarded to his establishment at Coim- (1857), p. 884. 

 batore, with a view to their being cleaned and fitted 

 for work. He said that those already received had 

 been found to do their work exceedingly well ; all 

 except the bands, which were unequal to the strain 

 they had to endure during the course of two or three 

 days' steady working. He therefore felt surprised at 

 the very unfavourable report of the Madras Chamber. 



Prices of the Cottage saw Gin to Natives and Euro- 250 

 peans. — A few days afterwards, Dr. Wight reported 

 that he had received three applications for 

 the purchase of Cottage saw gins, and re- ^t^f&th 8 

 quested to be informed at what prices he Marengo, 

 might supply them. The cost price in orde^Sd 

 England was £3 each, and this was of Aprii/isso. 

 course exclusive of freight and charges. (i857),p.385! 

 The Madras Government however informed 

 Dr. Wight, that he might dispose of them at twenty- 

 five rupees (£2 10s.) each, or at a lower rate still, if 

 he thought it necessary to encourage purchasers. These 

 orders, however, were only to apply to Native appli- 

 cants ; Europeans were to be charged the prime cost in 

 England, or 30 rupees per gin. 



Favourable report of the Collector of Tanjore : sub- 251 

 sequently reversed. — About the same time Mr. Bishop's 

 Mr. Bishop, Collector of Tanjore, who had March^nd 

 also received two Cottage saw gins from 8th July, 

 government, reported that they worked Return ar ' 

 very well, and inquired whether he could (i857),p. 386. 

 be furnished with three or four more, at a moderate 

 price, for sale in his District. Three months after- 

 wards, however, he countermanded the order, as the 

 Cottage gins tore the Cotton too much to be of ser- 

 vice. 



Favourable reports on the Bharwar saw Gin. — 252 



Meantime, a saw gin in use in Dharwar had attracted 

 the attention of Mr. Pelly, the Collector of Bellary. 

 Mr. Pelly had been informed that the Dharwar gin 



