1847.] 



in the Pmvince of Malabar, 



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In the Ernaad Talook. 



1. Pally Kooth River. 



2. Kannamannah do. 



3. Moothoota do. 



4. Marootangaat do. 



5. Pathillypaddom do. 



6. Karote do. 



7. Eddakara do. 



8. Catchaporrah do. 



9. Mannakaat do. 



10. Marootheyl do. 



11. Poolakottee do. 



12. Poothoo Piryarati River. 



13. 3£aroothay do. 



14. KooUakel do. 



15. Karinibaat do. 



16. Mooryatha do. 



17. Ariacode do. 



18. Varoor do. 



19. Mamhaat do. 



20. Kakatode do. 



21. -K«iJe7 HilL 



22. Aripanaad do. 



23. Tiroowally River. 



Me Wynaad Talook. 



1 . Devaloo Hill. 



2. Nelyalom do. 



1. [3. Power?/ HilL 



14. Poolyode do. 



5. Cheraukode Hill. 



in the Koormenaad Talook. 



1. Poonoor River. 2. Mcdapooram River. 

 In the Calicut Talook. 



Polwye, Twoompaddy^ and Iroopoomjy Rivers. 

 In the Nedinganaad Talook. 



Pcmdalom' and Alliparam Rivers^ 



In the Shernaad Talook. 



Kadaloondy and Parpanangaddjy on tlie sea shore. 



2. " It is difficult to ascertain the exact number of people engaged 

 in mining throughout the whole Province of Mcdahar, but the best 

 informed persons examined by the Committee do not make it exceed 

 1,000. Most of these are married, so that probably between 4,000 

 and 5,000 people derive a portion of their means of subsistence from 

 this source. The population of the Ernaad, Wynaad, Neddinganaad^ 

 Koormenaad^ Calicut and Shernaad Talooks, in which mines prin- 

 cipally exist, by a Census taken in Fusly 1239 (1820-30) was 4,12,279, 

 making the proportion of those engaged in or deriving subsistence 

 from mining speculations only A of the whole. Now from Cald- 

 clengh's Travels in South America, as quoted in the Quarterly Re- 

 view* it is learnt that in CJiili, a country rich in mines of gold 

 and silver, and the population of which is 6,00,000; two-fifths 

 of the people are engaged in mining. It may at first sight ap- 



* Vol. xxxii. p. 147. 

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