INDEX. 



Orleans, 22 ; introduced into the 

 Madras Presidency, 33 ; method 

 of cultivation, note to 34 ; opinion 

 of the Ryots, 36 ; growth com- 

 pared, 56 ; report of the Brokers 

 upon the samples, 60; treated as 

 a biennial plant, 64 ; Dr. Wight 

 cultivates by irrigation, 242 ; the 

 action of the cottage gin, 247 ; 

 difficulty in separating the wool, 

 277 ; successful culture in the 

 People's Park, 299 ; the average 

 height of plants in Coimbatore, 

 359. 



Brazilian Cotton — See Pernambuco. 



Brokers, Cotton, report upon Dr. 

 "Wight's Cotton, 57 ; are preferred 

 to Zemindars in the use of the 

 gins, 165 ; visit the scene of Mr. 

 Finnie's operations at Aroopoo- 

 cottah, 173 ; their testimony that 

 dirty Cotton was more profitable 

 than clean Cotton, 174; their 

 transactions with the Ryots, Chet- 

 ties, and Agents, 175 ; adultera- 

 tion of the Cotton by the " Devil's 

 dust" system, 177; their meet- 

 ing in Tinnevelly, 187; their 

 mode of purchase, 213. 



Brooke, Mr., 365. 



Brown Loam — See Red soil. 



Cadell, Mr., 303. 



Calcutta, Mr. Finnie's exportation of 

 a thresher from, 131 ; Cotton yarn 

 exported to Vizagapatam, 292. 



Calicoes, Indian, stoppage of de- 

 mand, 31. 



Campbell, Mr. D., purchases the gin- 

 house at Coimbatore, 255 ; dies, 

 ib., 286. 



Canara, North, description of, 5 ; 



enjoys the S. W. Monsoon, 7, 9 ; 



Mr. Simpson's report upon, 76 ; 



Cotton imported from Bellary, 364. 

 Canara, South, 5, 366. 

 Cape Comorin, 4 ; junction of the 



two Ghauts at, 5 ; limit of the 



Carnatic, 295. 

 Caresal soil — See Black soil. 

 Carnatic, description of, 5; enjoys 



the influence of the K. E. Mon- 

 soon, 7 ; its districts, 9 ; its mean 

 temperature and mean falls of 

 rain, 99; physical feature, 106; 

 season for sowing Cotton, 107; 

 nature of the climate, 109 ; lead- 

 ing principles of Cotton culture in, 

 275 ; extension of, 295. 



Ceylon, Merchants establish Agents 

 in Tinnevelly, 162 ; a driving 

 machinery for sale in, 166. 



Chamber of Commerce, Madras, 197 ; 

 confirm Dr. Wight's valuation of 

 Mr. Finnie's samples, 201 ; their 

 unfavourable report upon Cottage 

 saw gin, 247 ; approve the suc- 

 cessful cultivation of Egyptian 

 Cotton by Mr. Shubrick, 298. 



Chayroot, discussion concerning the 

 renters of, 259. 



Chetties, purchase Cotton from the 

 Ryots, 129 ; visit the scene of Mr. 

 Finnie's operation at Aroopoo- 

 cottah, 173; their transactions 

 with the Ryots, Brokers, and 

 Agents, 175; their tricks with 

 European agents, 178, 213. 



Chingleput, 298. 



Churka, description of the, 25 ; 

 American saw gin used at Coim- 

 batore in its place, 45 ; Mr. Fin- 

 nie's opinion upon, 126 ; his first 

 year's proceedings, 141 ; second 

 year's proceedings, 163; its un- 

 fitness for American Cotton, 170 ; 

 Mr. Finnie's third year's opera- 

 tions, 187; Mr. Finnie pro- 

 nounces in its favour, 205 ; cost 

 of cleaning 'Cotton, 208, 254. 



Churka, Mather's description of, 

 244. 



Circars, 4 ; districts of, 9 ; establish- | 

 ment of two Cotton Farms, 34; >C 

 its extent, 290. 



Cochin, 9, 363, 368. 



Coimbatore, 7, 9 ; description of the 

 soil, 16 ; one of the principal Cot- 

 ton districts, 17 ; introduction of C 

 Bourbon Cotton, 33 ; establish- 

 ment of a Cotton farm, 34 ; re- G 

 moval of the Planters to, 39; Dr. 



