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INDEX. 



season upon, 55; suitable to 

 American Cotton, 215 ; compara- 

 tive growth of Indian and Ameri- 

 can Cottons in Coimbatore, 266 ; 

 the climate of North Arcot, 300 ; 

 other crops grown, 318, 355. 



Revenue, divisions, 9 ; systems, 10, 

 11 ; divisions of lands, 15 ; assist- 

 ance to be given to the Ryots by 

 the Establishment, 230. 



Revenue Board — See Board of Re- 

 venue. 



Ridging, 49 ; its manner, 52 ; ques- 

 tion about it, 54, 360. 



Royle, Dr., queries on Indian Cot- 

 ton, 18; his description of the 

 Cotton culture, 23 ; his opinion 

 on the climate of Dharwar and 

 Coimbatore, 211. 



Rundall, Mr., draws a memorial 

 upon Cotton cultivation, 34. 



Ryots, 10; mode of their cultiva- 

 tion, 23 ; their objection to cul- 

 tivate Bourbon Cotton, 36; re- 

 ceive instruction from American 

 Planters, 37 ; their agreements 

 with Dr. "Wight, 44 ; season in 

 which they sow seeds, 69 ; re- 

 munerative demand required for 

 the growth of Cotton, 73; their 

 opinion about the Cotton Estab- 

 lishments, 79 ; extension of the 

 improved method of cultivation 

 among them, 84 ; their reluctance 

 to adopt the saw gin, 85 ; sowtng 

 season for them, 106; plans for 

 extending the American Cotton 

 culture amongst them, 119; ad- 

 vantages arising from an Agent, 

 129; their unwillingness to adopt 

 the saw gin, 130 ; their co-opera- 

 tion essential, 134 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 first intercourse with them, 135, 

 136 ; reduction of assessment not 

 beneficial, 160; visit the scene of 

 Mr. Finnie's operations at Aroo- 

 poocottah, 173 ; his transaction 

 with Brokers, Chetties, and 

 Agents, 175; improvident and 

 helplessly in debt, 176 ; high 

 prices demanded for seed Cotton, 



180 ; their dealings with Dr. 

 Wight, 213; the^ Marquis of 

 Tweddale's suggestion to estab- 

 lish some model fields, 219 ; 

 manufacturers should purchase 

 directly from them, 221 ; assist- 

 ance allowed from the Revenue 

 establishment, 230; free use of 

 the gin-house, 233; resume all 

 the lands that Dr. "Wight had 

 contracted, 241 ; prices of Cottage 

 saw gins to, 250 ; Mr. Thomas' 

 method to induce them to culti- 

 vate American Cotton, 158; dis- 

 cussion respecting the purchase of 

 American Cotton, 260; cultivate 

 American Cotton in Coimbatore, 

 264 ; their previous reluctance to 

 cultivate American Cotton con- 

 nected with the existence of Cot- 

 ton farms, 265 ; their successful 

 culture of American Cotton, 266 ; 

 adopt Dr. Wight's practice of 

 cultivation, 268 ; their groundless 

 suspicions an injury to the farms, 

 285; their method of preparing 

 the Cotton seed, 308. 

 Ryotwary system, 13; its advant- 

 ages, 14. 



Salem, 9 ; introduction of Bourbon 

 Cotton, 33 ; arrival of the Plant- 

 ers, 38; failure of the culture of 

 Brazilian Cotton by Mr. Fischer, 

 299 ; extent of land under Cotton 

 cultivation, 353. 



Saw gin, American, description of, 

 26 ; trial, 34, 45 ; reluctance of 

 the Ryots to adopt it, 85, 130; 

 Mr. Finnie's first year's proceed- 

 ings, 141 ; second year's proceed- 

 ings, 163 ; its unfitness for Indian 

 Cotton, 1 70 ; erection of three at 

 Aroopoocottah, 173 ; necessity for 

 improving the construction, 182; 

 Mr. Finnie's third year's opera- 

 tions, 187; cost of cleaning Cot- 

 ton, 188 ; Mr. Finnie's matured 



. judgment against its use, 204; 

 Dr. Wight's opinion, 210; Mr. 

 Finnie's last opinion, 238. 



