14 MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. II. The Mekauad/ which properly signifies the Western Nad 



(west), is divided from Peranganad by the boundaries already 



Descieiption. mentioned, from Tddanad on the north-west by a spur of the 



— — Doddabetta range, and the eastern branch of the Biguli or Kunda 



river, which flows through the Lovedale and the Nanjanad Valleys 



to the main stream. The Biguli river also separates it from the 



Kiindanad on the south-west. 



The total area, including the slopes, is 92-59 square miles, or 

 59,247-86 acres, 37,685 acres being above the ghats. The land 

 above the ghats is distributed as follows according to the survey 

 register : — 



ACRES. 



Pattas 22,833-17 



Under Waste Land Rules 



Freehold 



Under Tope Rules ... 



Squatters ... 



Government River Tracts ... 



Do. Roads 



Do. Streams 



Do. Swamp 



Do. Building Sites 



Village Sites ... .. 



Unappropriated Waste ... 



or 58-88 square miles. 



Land on the Slopes. 



Approximate area of Patta Lands 

 Unappropriated Waste 



21,502-75 

 ThoRevenue accounts give the following figures : — 



Patta Lands held by Hill Tribes 20,16M9 



Do. Europeans and Natives under 



the Waste Land Rules ... 2,722-73 



Indm Lands ... ... ... 367-81 



Europeans and Natives on other Tenures ... 3,31 1-74 



Total... 26,563-47 



Kiindandd. The Kundanad lies to the west and south of the Kunda river, 



its northern boundary, separating it from the Todanad, being the 



1 Der. mirliu (Tamil), west. It is really the south-eastern division of the 

 plateau, but is west of Peranganad, originally the most important Sub-division. 

 The name indicates the course of the early immigrants. 



