CHAPTER X. 



POPtriiATIOTT. 



Tbebe are at present about 500 Europeans, settled at 

 the three stations of Ootacamund, Coonoor, and Kotergherry, 

 of whom about 400, reside at and near Ootacamund — and 

 the East Indians amount to upwards of 200. The following 

 is the last estimated census of the native population, prepared 

 for the Editor by Colonel Cameron. 



Estimate of the Native Population of tJie Neilglierry Hills. 



Najnes of the Villages. 



Males. Females. Total. 



Todanaad or Ootacamund, ....... 



Makenaad, 



Boothenuthum 



Sucubamithum, 



Seegoor, 



Parimganaad, Coonoor, Kotergherry, 

 Jackatalla, 



Totals, . . 



12,300 



2,967 



45 



22 



10 



5,500 



1,000 



7,000 



2,493 



49 



27 



10 



4,500 



500 



19,300 



5,460 



94 



49 



20 



10,000 



1,500 



21,844 



14,579 



36,423 



Ootacamund, 23rd August, 1856. 



G-. PoiTLETT CaMEEON, 



Joint Magistrate. 



After the minute, accurate, and comprehensive account of 

 the native inhabitants of the Neilgherries, already laid before 



