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MANUAL OF THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



Municipali- 

 ties AND 

 Stations. 



— market. 



CHAP. XVII. passage of sewage into the lake^ through which a current always 

 flows, though objectionable, cannot be an insupportable evil. 

 Outbreaks of disease are probably due to the necessity under 

 which the Natives labor in seasons of drought of drinking impure 

 water rather than to the imperfect drainage of their town.^' The 

 system of sanitation in the populous portions of the station is to 

 remove all excreta, without deodorization, and sweepings in carts 

 drawn by bullocks, beyond the town. A system of dry-earth 

 conservancy, including the manufacture of poudrette with ashes 

 of sweepings and slaughter-house refuse and pulverized bone, was 

 in vogue for two or three years, but has been, from various 

 causes, discontinued, but may again be revived if a demand for 

 the manure arises. 



There is a weekly market or shandy held every Tuesday, which 

 yields to the Municipal Commission a revenue of about 3,000 

 rupees a year — the right to levy fees at certain approved rates 

 being farmed out — for the sale of general produce, wares, poultry 

 and vegetables, but there is at present no market for the sale of 

 meat. Such an institution is much needed, as also a permanent 

 market for the sale of vegetables, fruit, and poultry. The 

 weekly market is supplied with staple food-grains and poultry from 

 the low country, chiefly Coimbatore, and garden produce mostly 

 from the neighbourhood of Ootacamand. The arrangements for 

 the sale of meat are very defective. It is now ordinarily hawked 

 about the town or exposed for sale in low ill-ventilated Native 

 houses. The Commissioners have provided two slaughter-houses 

 located below the jail, and obtain a considerable revenue from the 

 slaughtering fees. 



The following are the principal public or quusi--pub]ic buildings 

 in Ootacamand : — 



— principal 

 buildings. 



St. Stephen's Church. 



St. Thomas' Church. 



The Tamil Mission Church. 



The Church of the Blessed 

 Virgin Mary (Romau Catho- 

 lic). 



The Goa Church. 



Zion Chapel (Non-conformist). 



Government House (Norwood). 



The Council Chamber and Sec- 

 retariat (Stonehouse). 



The Courts and Offices of the 

 Nilagiri Commission. 



The Nilagiri Public Library. 



The Breeks' Memorial Schools. 



St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 



The Jails. 



The Police Station and Lines. 

 The Post Office. 

 The Telegraph Office. 

 The Madras Bank. 

 The Tmveller's Home. 

 The Nazareth Convent and 



Schools. 

 The Subsidiary Jail (now used 



as a Municipal "Workshop). 

 The Hobart Native Girls' 



School. 

 The Wesleyan Mission School. 

 The Pavilion. 

 The Ootacamand Club. 

 The Public Rooms (Misquith's). 

 Freemasons' Lodge. 

 The Market. 



