The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-22 00:00:00

c The•
coolies sad great buys 0
eat jaggtry (a coarse
sugar made from We Pal•
myra), and drink water
—each person 0 2
The little boys have of the
same, each
An old man's wages are
An old woman's wages ars 0 6or 8 (id. or ld.) do.
And tht y also have jsuery 0 2 (K) do.
The above are Mentes of wages from August to December,
but from January to July the wages of a coolie are advanced
to one ens& 6 or 6 pica (or about 21d. ) per day, es in those
months the people go into distant puts to reap the rice, and
are also engaged In drawing t.Ady from the Palmyra tree."
The neat point was—" Are the natives willing to corn
mesa a cultivation to which they had not been aocus-
tomcd ?” The chairman then read extract No. 7

" 7. I end you a copy of an offer of a native to cultivate
what he cells If ogland cotton, at Trichinlore, as drawn up
by my writer If we give the England cotton seed to be
cultivated for the natives at Trishissdore, then they will give
u a toolam of cotton for 10 lamas ; for this is thelenstons at
Triehindore. We mast advance them 10 rupees for a year
to cultivate a chain of land. Only the natives will cultivate
as their mind, with cotton, rapeseed, cambu, and castor oil;
and will give the cotton to us in the land where they
cultivatU, and will not bring to our own pl►ce. If we want
to cultivate as suttee mind (i. it., sow in rows, and no other
grain in the field), then should advance for a year 15 repels,
sex next year we must advance 10 rupees, and to 10 rupem
every year till the plants die. And should take a toolam
el cotton, 10 annas. When we purchase from the natives,
we can discharge the &define rupees from him for us,
and also the natives will not pueblos the England cotton
at all, because there is no useful at all. We therefore beg
that your honour would promise to purchase the England
cetle, from us.'

" S. I have arranged with the natives to cultivate New
Orleans cotton upon the following terms:—They are to sow
sod cultivate as 1 tell them. They are to receive from me, in
advance, 12 nipen as every chain of land they multi-
Tato, which stun is to be deducted when they an paid for
as cotton they grow ; but the repayment of it is not to be
oidenced if the plants do not yield cotton enough to redeem
it. They are to sell sas the cotton at nine anus per *colas;
end the prise is not to vary, bat to remain the lame in every
math of the year. Tha tataildar said that on these terms
many natives would cultivate. Laud, 1 think there will
be no difficulty in getting the natives to grow the cotton,
provided they can be assured of its being purchased; but
tile they will require, for they always say that I must
promise to boy it, sine, they cannot eat it, as they can their
gnus, neither can they sell it in the bazaar. And I am size
that they will grow it for a much less price than nine lamas
per 103'1111111, when th. y come to know to. quantity the ta
will yield; yet I think the price is • fair one, •
that native cotton has this year bun selling in the bazaar
at Trieltiadors, foe eight and tea annas per tools's. Now,
as a tuba of seed cotton, which weighs about 204 lbs., will
wet probably yield 61a., or 30 par cent, of clean cotton;
and as nine &nue at lid. each amount to 131 d.. lam to
give 130. for 61b. of clean cotton, or 211 per lb. for the
average quality of New Orleans clean cotton at Trichindore.
But 1 shall haul to par, in addittooi the eoPeoese of
tke dossing—a sharps which you will be able to calculate
" from the rates of wages I have sent you. (This expense
will not saccood /d. per lb.")
The neat question was, " what are the prospects of profit
to those who encourage the natives In this culuntion ?" On
this point Mr. Lem said:—
$ The charges for sending cotton from Taticorin to
Liverpool are the following:—For screwing the cotton at
Taticorira, including ropes, bapoke., 5 rupees (10z) per
windy of 5001 b. Oodown rent (warehouse rent) 4 anus
(6ki) per bale of 3001 b. • Shipping, in boats, to remote in
reeds, 16 rupees (30,.) per 100 baloe: Freight to Liverpool,
an average, 41. to 61 per ton of 60 cubic feet. Insurance.
Herne charges, inclading deck elaugeo, lending charges,
wkarlaget, books's, commission, &a., about Id. per lb. Al.
the above chime together amount to lid. per lb. [TM
total oust of **Mew Orleans cotton of Trichindore will that
be 4d. per lb. laM down la Liverpool.]
" 10. Thus 67,12 serum now at week at Totieorin, and one
screw at Ckgppesolus, 13 miles to the north. These screws
are employed ea pressing about 30,000 bails a year of native
cotton, the average quantity shipped but they ars capable,
I am told, of pressing nearly 200,0 W bales In a year.
" After this favourable evidence the meeting would cant.
rally wish to know what tarps had already been takes by