MANUAL OP THE NILAQIRI DISTRICT. 381 



The exact area of the Municipality I have not ascertained, but CHAP.XVII. 

 it is probably about ten or twelve square miles. Municipali- 



The Municipality contained, in 1871, 238 houses ordinarily g^^^^j^^g 

 occupied by Europeans and 1,064 houses inhabited by Natives. 



The population of the bazaar may be estimated at 3,380 souls, 

 taking the average number of inhabitants occupying each of the 

 676 houses at five persons. Population of Kandel, with 317 

 houses, in the same way is estimated at 1,585. 



The following are the limits of the Municipality : a line —limits of the 

 drawn from the north side of the Craigmore cutting to the top Municipality. 

 of the Craigmore Hill ; from there to the top of Doddabetta, on 

 to the top of Snowdon, and from thence to Mdlemand to the 

 top of juncture of two roads leading from Ootacamand station. 

 From this point at Mdlemand the boundary runs in a direct line 

 to the top of Betmand Hill ; from thence to the top of a shola 

 planted with Australian trees, and then on to the second mile-stone 

 on the Segur road. From the Segur road to a point on the Paikare 

 old road, from which the road to the Government brick-field 

 diverges ; then from the Paikare old road through the brick-field 

 valley to a point on the nullah below the new Paikare road, at 

 which a bridge formerly stood. From the point at which the 

 bridge stood the boundary then runs to the road leading to the 

 Governor's shola to where three roads cross one another, and 

 then on to a swamp close at hand, following the course of the 

 water which crosses the Avalanche road, and falls into the stream 

 below. From the stream the boundary then goes in a straight 

 line to the top of the Cairn hill and down to the Lovedale 

 stream, below the western boundary of what was Colonel Taylor's 

 land. From this point to the boundary up the Lovedale stream 

 until it gets close to Craigmore, when it strikes up to the cutting 

 whence it first started. 



The elevation of Ootacamand varies from about 7,150 feet —elevation, 

 above sea-level, at the ordinary water-level of the lake, to 8,642 

 feet at the summit of Doddabetta. (Latitude, 11° 24' 5-40"; 

 longitude, 76" 46' 44-39".) 



The height of Elk Hill is 8,090 feet. St. Stephen's Church 

 (tower) stands 7,429 feet above sea-level, and probably 7,350 feet 

 represents the average height of private residences above the sea. 



The town of Ootacamand was first constituted a Llunicipality — Mnnici- 

 on the 3rd October 1866 under Act X of 1865 (now rescinded). P«^*y- 

 Prior to this a Station Committee had existed and made some 

 spasmodic efforts for the improvement of the town. 



The Commissioner of the Nilagiris is ex-officio President of the 

 Municipal Commission. The Commissioners have had conferred 

 upon them by Government the power of nominating a Vice- 



