INDEX. 



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Wight's tour through the district, 

 44 ; mode of sowing Cotton seed, 

 50 ; experiment made by Mr. 

 Wroughton, 66 ; Madras Govern- 

 ment propose the abandonment of 

 Cotton farms, 8*6 ; Dr. Wight's 

 new Cotton farms, 90 ; location 

 of the farms, 103 ; respective 

 prices of Cotton in the market, 

 124 ; Mr. Finnie's tour from 

 Courtalluni to, 137; trial of cat- 

 tle labour and manual labour by 

 Dr. Wight, 167; sale of some 

 damaged American Cotton, note 

 to 177 ; Mr. Finnic refused per- 

 mission to extend his operations, 

 209 ; favourable report of the 

 American planters, 211 ; Dr. 

 Wight's system of purchase, 213 ; 

 suggestion to relinquish the ex- 

 perimental farm by the Marquis 

 of Tweeddale, 218 ; by the direct- 

 ors, 223 ; Dr. Wight ascribes the 

 failure of the Cotton crop to the 

 want of humidity, 229 ; Sir H. 

 Pottinger directs Dr. Wight to 

 break up his establishment, 232 ; 

 Dr. Wight resumes his office, 241 ; 

 the gin-house sold to Mr. D. 

 Campbell, 255 ; Mr. Wroughton's 

 collectorate farm at, 257 ; the 

 Ryots' successful culture of Ame- 

 rican Cotton, 264 ; failure of the 

 experiment of Egyptian Cotton by 

 the Collector, 298; the Collector's 

 report, 354 ; of soil, 355 ; geology 

 and topography, 356 ; climate, 

 357 ; seed, 358 ; character of the 

 Cotton plant, 359 ; method of cul- 

 tivation, 360 ; manure, 361 ; dis- 

 eases, 362. 

 'olaba Press, 61. 



Company, East India, three objects 

 sought by, 3 ; three improvements 

 required in the Indian Cotton, 

 19 ; their efforts upon Cotton 

 cultivation, 226. 



^oomptah, Cotton imported from 

 Bellary, 330, 364. 



3oorch.ee. a Cotton farm established 

 at, 46 ; description of the soil, 65. 



Coorg, 299. 



Coromandel coast, description of, 4 ; 

 its distance from the Eastern 

 Ghauts, 5 ; season for sowing 

 Cotton, 97; Mr. Lees' experiment 

 of Cotton cultivation, 279, 281. 



Corrie and Co., Messrs., 202. 



Cotton, better varieties of, 20 ; six 

 leading varieties of, 21 ; method 

 of separating and cleaning, 24 ; 

 experiment of treating the plant 

 as a biennial, 64 ; fluctuation of 

 the price of land, 157 ; estimate 

 of the Brokers upon dirty one, 

 1 74 ; adulteration by the " Devil's 

 dust " system, 177 ; price of the 

 unadulterated, 189 ; difficulty of 

 separating the seed, 277 ; export- 

 ed to Yizagapatam from Calcutta 

 and Madras, 292 ; to Godavery 

 from Kristna, 293; to Tanjore 

 from Madura and Tinnevellv, 

 303; diseases, 312, 325; Cotton 

 exported from Bellary to Madras, 

 Bangalore, Wallajapet, and 

 Coomptah, 330 ; from Kurnool to 

 Madras, 339 ; improvements in 

 the quality required, 341. 



Cotton cultivation, Hand-book to 1 ; 

 rate of assessment, note to 15 ; 

 better system of, 23 ; memorial 

 drawn by Mr. Rundall, 34 ; pre- 

 vailing opinions in the Madras 

 Presidency, 36 ; introduction of 

 the American system, 44 ; Dr. 

 Wight's notes, 49 — 54 ; early 

 preparation and sowing required, 

 69 ; its cost, 74 ; extension of the 

 improved method, 84 ; five prac- 

 tical suggestions required, 112; 

 proposition for reducing the assess- 

 ment of lands, 121 ; Mr. Finnie 

 explains to the Ryots the im- 

 proved method, 136 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 notes, 143 — 160 ; capital required, 

 149 ; uncertainty of weather, 154 ; 

 expense, 155 ; method of improve- 

 ment, 219, 220; Dr. Wight's 

 trial by irrigation, 242; Colonel 

 Lawford's, 256 ; Mr. Lees' culti- 

 vation, 259 ; general survey in 



