I^DEX. 



Saw gin, Dharwar, favourable re- 

 ports, 252 ; its working compared, 

 253. 



Saw gin, Manchester Cottage, note 

 to 26 ; description, 245 ; its trial 

 upon various Cottons, 247 : ex- 

 penses, 248 ; Dr. Wight's favour- 

 able report, 249 ; prices to 

 Natives and Europeans, 250 ; its 

 working compared, 253 ; cost of 

 labour, 254. 



Saw gin, Whitney's, note to 26. 



Scinde, 229. 



Scraping — See Hoeing. 



Sea Island Cotton, 20 ; places where 

 it is cultivated, 21 ; opinion of 

 Mr. Morris, 40 ; manner of sow- 

 ing, 49 ; treated as a biennial 

 plant in Egypt, 64 ; Mr. Finnie's 

 opinion about its growth in Tin- 

 nevelly, 127 ; Directors send some 

 seed, 235; Dr. Wight cultivates 

 by irrigation, 242 ; successful cul- 

 tivation on the Coromandel Coast, 

 279. 



Sedashegur river, 365. 



Senna, Mr. Hughes', 33. 



Sevacausey, Mr. Finnie's planting 

 operations failed, 161 ; erection of 

 a cattle- driving machinery, 167 ; 

 sanction for the erection of a gin- 

 house, 171 ; unsuccessful culture of 

 American Cotton, 185 ; Cotton 

 plantation established by Mr. Fin- 

 nie, 203 ; gin-house and driving 

 machinery erected, 207 ; Mr. Fin- 

 nie's opinion concerning the gins, 

 238. 



Sherman, Mr. Henry, succeeds Mr. 

 Hawley, 46 ; exchanges Cotton 

 farm with Mr. Morris, note to 65 ; 

 Sir H. Pottinger directs him to be 

 placed at the disposal of the Col- 

 lector of Coimbatore, 232. 



Shevel Soil— See Red Soil. 



Shu brick, Mr., his successful cultiva- 

 tion of the Egyptian varieties, 298. 



Silver, Mr., his report upon Cotton 

 cultivation in Tinnevelly, 326 ; 

 his replies to the queries of Sir 

 W. Denison, 327. 



Simpson, Mr., comes to Madras, 35 ; 

 sent to Tinnevelly, 37 ; removed 

 to Coimbatore, 39 ; his report on 

 the districts of North Canara, 76 ; 

 his opinion in the failure of the 

 Coimbatore farms to extend the 

 culture of American Cotton, 79 ; 

 recommends the appointment of a 

 practical person to distribute seeds 

 and exhibit gins, 80 ; his suggest- 

 ions approved, 81 ; his transfer to 

 Bombay, ib. ; his opinion about 

 Kunkur, note to 113 ; is permit- 

 ted to act as Cotton Agent by the 

 Bombay Government, 139. 



Sirsee, Mr. Simpson proceeds to, 76. 



Soondah, Mr. Simpson ordered to 

 report on the soil, 76 ; his report, 

 77. 



Soopah, Mr. Simpson ordered to re- 

 port on the soil, 76 ; his report, 

 78. 



South American Cotton, its varieties, 

 20. 



Sowing, 40 ; American system, 49, 

 50 ; season, 69, 92 ; Mr. Lees' 

 error as regards it, 280 ; method 

 adopted in Madura, 310 ; in Tin- 

 nevelly, 323; in Bellary, 336; 

 in Cuddapah, 349. 



Spinners, trial of the churkaed Cot- 

 ton with the ginned, 216 ; object 

 to the soft silky fibre of the New 

 Orleans Cotton, 276. 



Tanjore, 9 ; Capt. Lawford explains 

 the experiment by irrigation to 

 the Natives, 111 ; the Collector 

 assists Dr. Wight in the planta- 

 tion of American Cotton, 216 ; 

 the Collector reports favourably 

 upon the Cottage saw gin, 251 ; 

 Colonel Lawford' s cultivation by 

 irrigation, 256; Cotton imported 

 from Madura and Tinnevelly, 

 303. 



Taylor, Captain, refutes the object- 

 ion raised against Bourbon Cot- 

 ton, note to 36. 



Taylor, Rev. W., note to 299. 



Tennessee, 143. 



