MANUAX OP THE NILAGIEI DISTRICT. 391 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



NOTES ON THE PUBLIC WORKS OF THE NILAGIRI 

 DISTRICT. 



(By Major J. L. L. Mokant, R.E., District Engineer.) 



Sums expended. — Establishment. — Roads. — Railway Scheme. — Military Baildings. 

 — Lawrence Asylums. — Building materials. — Wages and cost of materials. — 

 Nilagiris and Coimbatore compared. — Cost of the various edifices. 



This memorandum applies solely to tte district prior to the CH. xviii. 



annexation of a portion of Soutli-East Wainad. The accom- .... 



^ , . . . Notes on 



panying table (Appendix No. 16)i exhibits the sums which Public 



have been expended on public works on the Nilagiris during the Works. 



seventeen years ending with 1876-77. From it we learn that Sums expend. 



(omitting cost of establishments) the annual expenditure on ^^ °° pnbhc 



new works and repairs in this district during those seventeen 



years has averaged £20^265 and £3^993 respectively, distributed 



as follows : — 



New Works. Repairs. 



Total ... 20,265 3,993 



The cost of the establishment which has disbursed the above 

 sums has averaged 13'2 per cent, of the entire expenditure. 



In the year 1860-61 the Wellington barracks were completed. Establish- 

 Excepting the officer employed on that work the Nilagiris had '^^'^^• 

 no resident Engineer until 1861-62; one from Coimbatore had 

 paid it occasional visits. In the latter year a separate Engineer 

 was appointed to the district. Thenceforth public works of all 

 kinds were pushed on with vigour. 



' In this and in all other tables the figures are given in English currency, the 

 rupee being taken at two shillings. 



