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To this should be added about Rupees 500, a moiety of the CHAP. XVI 

 charges of the Sub- Magistrate at Coonoor, the total charge for criminal and 

 which is now debited to Land Revenue. Half the salary of the Civil 

 Commissioner and his Assistant is debited to Law and Justice ''^^™^ ^• 

 under the orders of Government. The salary of the Joint Magis- 

 trate of Ootacamand is not consolidated, but depends upon the 

 military rank of the officer. That above entered is the Staff 

 Corps pay of a Lieutenant-Colonel, plus a special allowance of 

 Rupees 70. The salary of the Joint Magistrate, Wellington, is 

 consolidated and fixed at Rupees 700 a month. 



Taking the population of the district, exclusive of South-East 

 Wainad, at 60,000 souls, the cost of the civil and criminal 

 administration is rather less than 12 annas per head. About 

 one-fourth this cost is probably covered by the sale of judicial 

 stamps. 



The Nilagiris was constituted a registration district in 1869. Registration. 

 The Registrar was appointed in that year. His jurisdiction is 

 limited by the jurisdiction of the Commissioner under Act I of 

 1868. There is a Sub-Registry Office at Gudalur. The Regis- 

 trar's Office adjoins the Court House, Ootacamand. At the 

 head office documents in Tamil and English, in original, will be 

 admitted for registration ; at the sub-office, Glidalur, in English, 

 Tamil and Malayalam. 



The following statement shows the operations of the depart- —statement 

 ment on the Nilagiris in 1876-77 and 1877-78 :— 



of operations. 



Fees realized on registration ... 

 Receipts other than fees 



Total ... 



Expenditure ... 



Aggregate value of property 

 transferred by documents. 



Total number of documents ... 



1876-77. 



158 



1,127 



1,097 

 9,16,130 



1877-78. 



1,482 

 464 



1,274 

 12,66,007 



NO. 



671 



48 



