104 BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE 



No. II. 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 Area. 



Land 

 Revenue. 



1621- 22. 



1622- 23. 



Pulicat 



A seaport in the district of Chingleput, 



23 miles north of Madras. 

 (1.) Factory established by permission of 



the Dutch under the operation of the 



treaty concluded between King James 



I and the States General, dated 7th 



July 1619 (Bruce i, 231). 

 (2.) Factory withdrawn in consequence 



of the oppressions of the Dutch (Bruce i, 



239). 



(3.) Fort, Factory, and Dependencies, viz., 

 the island of Irakam 1 and the villages 

 of Vanjivakam, Avarivakam, and Kana- 

 vandurai (land revenue, 1,475 pagodas) 

 taken from the Dutch by Lord Macart- 

 ney, Governor of Madras, 2nd July 

 (Local Records). 



(4.) July. — Restored to Holland under 

 treaty with the States General of 20th 

 May 1784 (Local Records). 



(5.) Surrendered to Lord Hobart, the 

 Governor's summons. Capitulation dated 

 16th July (Local Records). 



(6.) 31st March.— Restored to Holland 

 agreeably to the Convention of the 

 Allied Powers in 1814 (Local Records). 



(7.) 1st June. — Restored to Great Britain 

 under the treaty of March 1824 (Local 

 Records). 



Factory 

 only. 



mi. 



1781 .. 



1785 .. 

 1795 .. 

 1818 .. 

 1825 .. 





SQ. MILES. 



1,647 



RS. 



7,338 



No. III. 



1621-22. 



Pettipolee 



Now Nizampatam, a seaport in the district 

 of Kistna. 



(1.) Factory established (Bruce i, 232). 

 N.B.— This is the first place at which 

 the English commenced to trade on the 

 Eastern Coast of the continent of India. 

 They landed at Pettipolee, August 20th, 

 1611 ; sent goods on shore and left two 

 of the supercargoes, picking them up 

 again on the ship's return from Masuli- 

 patam, and proceeding across the Bay 

 to Bantam (Narrative of seventh voyage, 

 London East India Company; Captain 

 Antony Hippon in ship Globe). 



Factory 

 only. 



Nil. 



The island of Irakam is now attached to the Nellore District. 



