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MANUAL OP THE NILAQIRI DISTRICT. 



Maniyagar. Three of the Maniyagar, viz., those having their head-quar- 

 ters at Ootacamand, Coouoor, and Kotagiri, perform the func- 

 tions of Village Munsifs under Regulation IV of 1816. Accord- 

 ing to the latest returns the number of cases disposed of by each 

 was as follows : — 



No. of Cases 

 disposed of. 



Ootacamand ... ... 138 



Coonoor ... 110 



Kdtagiri ... ... ... 45 



293 



Cost of Law 

 and Justice. 



Only four appeals from the District Court were preferred to 

 High Court in 1878 and one second appeal. 



The cost of the administration of law and justice in the 

 district (exclusive of South-East Waindd) is approximately 42,000 

 rupees, distributed as follows : — 



