APPENDIX. XXXlll 



Appendix, No. VI, 



Manual of Instructions for the guidance of the Revenue 

 Officers of the Coimhatore District, in their disposal of 

 applications made to them for Lands, upon the Neilgherry 

 Sills, sanctioned hy Government, \^th Dec. 1849, in con, 

 7th Jan. 1850, Eev. Dept. No. 1213.* 



Tr-j TIT ^ can o^i ■'-• The following Manual of Instruc- 



Vide Notes t> to 9, pages 271 .- . .^ , 



and 272. ^^^^ ^^ communicated to the revenue 



authorities of the Coimhatore District, 

 for their guidance in the disposal of the applications which, may be 

 preferred to them for lands upon the Neilgherry Hills, required either 

 for building, or for agricultural purposes. 



II. For the more complete elucidation of the whole subject ; the 



„ ^ ^ . . . ., Board would refer to the documents 



• Revenue Despatch to the i. j • ^i • * . „ , . , 



Governor General of India, ^°*^^^ ^" *^^ margm,* copies of which 



No. 2, dated 23d Feb. 1842. liave been supplied to the office of the 



Revenue Despatch to the Principal Collector of Coimhatore. 



Government of Fort St. j^rom these papers, the following in- 



George, No. 13, dated 21st „<.„„.• i u • , ., , 



J e 1843 structions have been mainly compiled ; 



Extract Min. Con, dated 12th ^^^ i" ^^^^^> ^lie sentiments of the Hou- 



Sept. in con. 5th Oct. 1843, orable Court on the rights of the Todas, 



Rev. Dept. No. 999. and other Settlers on the Hills, and 



on the principles which should regulate 



the grants of land for agricultural purposes in those parts of India 



which, from their climate, are most Ukely to be frequented by the 



European Colonist, are clearly and distinctly stated. 



III. The Survey of the Neilgherries (proper) has been completed, 

 and copies of the Map of the Hills are under preparation, one of which, 

 on completion, will be furnished for record in the Principal Collector's 

 Cutcherry. In this Map will be separately exhibited 



1. The lands in the occupation of Government. 



* This Manual was approved hy the Hon^hle Court, in para. 2 of 

 their Despatch dated 17th July, 1850, No. 3, communicated by Govern- 

 ment, 8th Oct. in con. Uh Nov. 1850, Rev. Dept. No. 948. 

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