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but insufficient for the wants of 

 the district, 293. 



Government, Madras, orders respect- 

 ing the Cotton Hand-Book, 2 ; 

 efforts of, towards the cultivation 

 of Cotton, 34; establishes four 

 Cotton Farms, ib. ; appoints Dr. 

 Wight to report on the state of 

 agriculture in Southern India, 

 ib. ; approves the agreements 

 made between Dr. Wight and the 

 Ryots, 44; requests Mr. Wrough- 

 ton to explain the causes of the 

 success of his Cotton experiment, 

 67 ; proposes his abandonment of 

 Cotton farms at Coimbatore, 86 ; 

 requested by Dr. Wight to re- 

 duce the assessment on lands un- 

 der American Cotton cultivation, 

 121 ; permits Mr. Finnie to act 

 as Cotton Agent, 139 ; removes 

 the restrictions upon Mr. Finnie, 

 140 ; sanctions the purchase of 

 cattle -driving machinery for Mr. 

 Finnie, 167; of small hand- 

 threshers and presses, 191 ; refers 

 the sample of Finnie' s Tinnevelly 

 Cotton to Dr. Wight, &c, 197 ; 

 refuses permission to Mr. Finnie 

 to extend his operation to Coim- 

 batore, 209 ; Sir Henry Pottin- 

 ger's arrival, 210 ; approves the 

 suggestion of Dr. Wight to try 

 churkaed Cotton with ginned by 

 the English spinners, 215 ; gene- 

 ral opinions upon the experimental 

 culture, 217; its decision regard- 

 ing Dr. Wight reversed by the 

 Directors, 239 ; cottage saw gins 

 received, 246 ; further purchase, 

 252 ; places the Cotton farm in 

 Coimbatore under a Duffadar, 257 ; 

 refuses the purchases applied for 

 by Mr. Bird, 261 ; condemns Dr. 

 Wight's reports, 282 ; withdraws 

 the agency, 283. 



Grate, evils arising from, 70. 



Grecian Archipelago, 143. 



Guntoor, description of, note to 9 ; 

 Cotton exported to the Godavery 

 district, 294. 



Hand-Book to Cotton cultivation, 

 1 ; method pursued in its com- 

 pilation, 2; division of the sub- 

 ject matter, 28 s ; leading points of 

 the several chapters, 29 ; special- 

 ties of the chapters, 30 ; general 

 result, 369 ; general conclusions, 

 370. 



Hand gins, 253 ; cost of labour, 254. 



Hardy, Mr. Thomas, his report upon 

 Cotton trade at Tuticorin, 328. 



Hathaway, Mr., his report upon 

 Madura, 305—312. 



Hawley, Mr., comes to Madras, 35 ; 

 sent to Tinnevelly, 37 ; removed 

 to Coimbatore, 39 ; transferred to 

 Bombay, 46. 



Heath, Mr., his successful Cotton 

 cultivation at Vizagapatam, 34. 



Hoeing, Dr. Wight's remarks, 51 ; 

 manner of, 52 ; practical suggest- 

 ion upon it, 115; season for adopt- 

 ing it, 152. 



Honore, 365. 



Hughes, Captain, his efforts at Tin- 

 nevelly, 33 ; three planters sent 

 under his superintendence, 37 ; 

 succeeded by Dr. Wight, 41 ; good 

 crop of American Cotton obtained 

 by him, 211. 



Hughes' Tinnevelly Cotton, 33, 372 ; 

 method of cultivating Bourbon 

 Cotton, note to 34. 



Hullial, Mr. Simpson's report upon 

 it, 78, 365. 



Flurryhur, 80. 



Idler, Mr., 141. 



Inam Commission, its origin, 1 5. 



India, its climate compared with that 

 of America, 8 : rivalry between 

 its Native weavers and the Cotton 

 Manufacturers of Great Britain, 

 31 ; ten American Planters sent, 

 35 ; treatment of Bourbon variety 

 as a biennial, 64 ; advantages in 

 the cultivation of American Cot- 

 ton, 72 ; remunerative demand re- 

 quired, 73 ; characteristics of the 

 seasons, 97 ; its climate not too 

 hot, but too cold, 106; diminish- 



