INDEX. 



Ixi 



nie despatched to report upon the 

 district, 87 ; his unfavourable re- 

 port, 89 ; the temperature com- 

 pared with that of Vera Cruz, 

 Mobile, and Natchez, 107 ; mean 

 falls of rain, 109 ; establishments 

 of Agents in Tinnevelly by the 

 Merchants, 162; arrival of Sir 

 Henry Pottinger, 225; Dr. 

 "Wight's visit, 235 ; arrival of 

 twenty-four Cottage saw gins, 

 246 ; Cotton yarn exported to 

 Vizagapatam, 292 ; experiments 

 in Native and foreign Cottons, 297, 

 299 ; Cotton imported from Bel- 

 lary, 330 ; from Kurnool, 339. 



Madras Presidency, its boundaries, 

 4 ; physical features, 5 ; modifica- 

 tions of the tropical heat, 6 ; cli- 

 mate, 8 ; Eevenue divisions, 9 ; 

 Eevenue system, 10 ; introduction 

 of Bourbon Cotton, 33 ; opinions 

 upon Cotton cultivation, 35 ; large 

 experiment in early sowing 

 throughout the Cotton districts, 

 105 ; failure of American Cotton, 

 227 ; Dr. Wight's superintend- 

 ence retained, 240 ; survey of the 

 present Cotton cultivation, 289. 



Madura, 9 ; description of the soil, 

 16 ; Mr. Finnie's arrival, 137 ; 

 importance of the cleanliness of 

 Cotton known to the inhabitants, 

 209 ; good crop of American Cot- 

 ton obtained by Mr. Hughes, 211 ; 

 small hand threshers sanctioned, 

 225 ; Cotton exported to Tanjore, 

 303 ; detailed report of the Col- 

 lector, 304 ; of the soil, 305 ; 

 geology and topography, 306 ; 

 climate, 307 ; Cotton seed, 308 ; 

 character of the Cotton plant, 

 309 ; mode of cultivation, 310 ; 

 of manure, 311 ; of disease among 

 Cotton plants, 312. 



Malabar, description, 5 ; enjoys the 

 S. W. monsoon, 7, 9, 365. 



Malabar Coast, description, 4 ; dis- 

 tance from the Western Ghauts, 

 5 ; Cotton sowing time, 97 ; 

 physical features, 363. 



Malacca, Straits of, 228. 



Mallett, Dr., forwards certain queries 

 connected with Indian Cotton to 

 the Directors, 304. 



Malta, Cotton seeds sent, 32. 



Maltby, Mr., his tour with Mr. Fin- 

 nie through Pullicarny, 89. 



Manchester Commercial Association, 

 their suggestion respecting early 

 sowing, 92, 105 ; order for 6000 

 bales of American Cotton, 121 ; 

 object to the use of hand gins, 

 168 ; their valuation of Mr. Fin- 

 nie's Cotton, 202 ; their unfound- 

 ed complaint, 234 ; Cottage saw 

 gins constructed under their 

 direction, 246 ; urge Mr. Lees to 

 try American Cotton in Southern 

 India, 259. 



Mangostein, 228. 



Manney, river, 256. 



Manure, question about it, 71 ; its 

 composition, 146, 311, 324, 337, 

 351, 364. 



Masulipatam, description, note to 

 9 ; establishment of a Cotton 

 farm, 34. 



Mauritius, Bourbon Cotton brought, 

 22 ; varieties of Cotton seeds 

 obtained, 32. 



Mayne, Mr. Dawson, his detailed re- 

 port upon Tinnevelly, 314 — 321, 



Mc Donnell, Mr., reports on the 

 mode of cultivation in Trichin- 

 opoly, 302. 



Mercer, Mr., his success in Dharwar, 

 80 ; his opinion of the climate of 

 India, 107, 109. 



Metcalfe, Mr. Bernard, is sent to 

 the Madras Presidency, 34. 



Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his description 

 of the village communities, 10. 



Mexican Cotton — See New Orleans, 



Mexico, 92. 



Minchin, Mr., his opinion on the 

 obstacles to the increased pro- 

 duction of Cotton, 339. 



Mississippi, Cotton growing season, 

 106 ; commencement of the Cot- 

 ton cultivation, 107 ; crops com- 

 pared with those of India, 271. 



