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INDEX. 



ing temperature during the Cot- 

 ton growing seasons, 108 ; two 

 methods of cultivating American 

 Cotton, 110 ; manner of cleaning 

 the Cotton, 130; present cultiva- 

 tion of Cotton, 143 ; manner of 

 manuring, 146 ; of planting, 151 ; 

 cheapness of the labour, 159 ; Mr. 

 Finnie's judgment against the 

 culture of American Cotton and 

 use of American gin, 203 ; Dr. 

 "Wight's opinion upon the growth 

 of American Cotton, 210 ; Sir H. 

 Pottinger's experience in the 

 various parts of, 228 ; Coimbatore 

 Ryots' opinion upon the soil and 

 climate, 263 ; Dr. Wight refutes 

 the theory that the climate and 

 soil are unfitted for American Cot- 



: ton, 269 ; its crops compared with 

 those of Mississippi, 271 ; Dr. 

 Wight's opinion upon the climate 

 of the South, 274. 



Indian Cotton, soil adapted to it, 16 ; 

 queries with reference to it, 18; 

 improvements required in it, 19 ; 

 its varieties, 20 ; its character, 21 ; 

 compared with Bourbon and New 

 Orleans Cottons, 22 ; efforts to 

 extend and improve, 32 ; prevail- 

 ing opinion upon it, 36 ; opinion 

 of Mr. Morris upon it, 40 ; its 

 growth compared, 56; report of 

 the Brokers upon the sample, 58 ; 

 its inferiority to American Cotton, 

 83 ; plans for extending its culti- 

 vation, 119; Directors order for 

 6000 bales, 120 ; price at which 

 Dr. Wight purchased, 124 ; Mr. 

 Finnie's opinion upon it, 126 ; 

 unfitness of the gin, 170; syste- 

 matic adulteration, 175; process 

 of cleaning, 206 ; unsuited to the 

 American gin, 210; Marquis of 

 Tweeddale's plan for improving 

 the culture, 219, 220- Dr. 

 Wight cultivates by irrigation, 

 242 ; failure of the crop in Coim- 

 batore, 266 ; its culture compared 

 with the American, 270 ; unsuit- 

 ableness of Madras, 279; of North 



Arcot, 300 ; general conclusions, 

 372, 374; political and com- 

 mercial prospects, 375. 

 Irrigation required in cultivating 

 American Cotton, 110; experi- 

 ments by it, 111; Dr. Wight's 

 cultivation of American Cotton, 

 242; Colonel Lawford's cultiva- 

 tion in Tanjore, 256. 



Jaffna, new driving machinery for 



sale, 166 ; purchased, 207. 

 Jeypore, 292. 

 Juggernaut, 290. 



Kenrick, Mr., his efforts at Madras, 



281. 

 Kentucky, 143. 



Kleinknecht, Mr., report upon his 

 experimental culture, 365. 



Krishna district, 9 ; Cotton exported 

 to Godavery, 293 ; Mr. Thorn- 

 hill's report, 294. 



Krishna, river, 4, 290. 



Kunkur, 77, 113, 319. 



Kurnool, 9 ; failure of the experi- 

 ment of Egyptian Cotton by the 

 Collector, 298 ; extent of land 

 under Cotton cultivation, 339. 



Kutch, 228. 



Labour, cattle, 167. 



Labour, manual, loss incurred by 

 the employment, 134 ; American 

 and Indian compared, 159 ; cost 

 of, 167, 3L0, 323, 336. 



Lawford, Colonel, tries Cotton cul- 

 tivation by irrigation in Tanjore, 

 111, 256, 371. 



Lees, Mr. Arthur, 259. 



Lees, Mr. David, his Cotton culti- 

 vation in Tinnevelly, 259 ; his 

 partial success, 280, 371. 



London, the value of Dr. Mudge's 

 Cotton, 299. 



Longshaws, Messrs., their efforts at 

 Trichendoor, 281. 



Madras, 9 ; distribution of foreign 

 Cotton seeds, 32 ; arrival of an 

 American saw gin, 45 ; Mr. Fin- 



