108 BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE 



No. VII— (Continued). 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 Area. 



Land 

 Revenue. 



1671-72. 



Madraepatam — 

 {Continued). 



(3.) Local Records, dated 11th April. — 

 It is agreed to pay the King of Golcon- 

 da 1,200 pagodas (4,800 rupees) per 

 annum, as rent for the settlement which 

 is to be free from any other imposition 

 for ever ; and to pay 11,000 pagodas in 

 full of all demands for the time past. 







1683 .. 





(4.) Local Records, 12th November. — 

 The Golconda farman formally deli- 

 vered to Mr. William Gyfford, Governor. 

 Note. — Golconda fell under the arms of 

 Aurangzeb in 1687, and the rent then 

 became an asset of the Mogul Empire. 







1702 .. 



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(5.) 2nd July. — Described in the list of 

 the Dead Stock of the two East India 

 Companies, as " Fort St. George, with 

 the castle and fortifications, and terri- 

 tory thereto belonging : upon which a 

 large city is built, consisting of — 

 houses, which are held of and pay rent 

 to the said Governor and Company, 

 together with the said city and its 

 dependencies." 







1746 .. 





(6.) September 10th. — Surrendered to the 

 French arms under Labourdonnais. 

 Ransom fixed by him at 11 lakhs of 

 pagodas (44 lakhs of rupees or 440,000 

 pounds sterling) ; but the stipulation 

 disregarded by Dupleix (Orme). 







1749 .. 





(7.) August loth. — Delivered up by the 

 French under the operation of the treaty 

 of Aix la Chapelle, dated October 7th, 

 1748 (Orme). 







1752 .. 





(8.) Local Records, 31st August. — Ma- 

 homed Ali (Wallajah), Nawab of Arcot, 

 remits by farman the 1,200 pagodas 

 (4,800 rupees) per annum, the rent here- 

 tofore paid for the settlement (vide Note 

 (3) supra). 







1765 .. 





(9.) August 12th. — Possession confirmed 

 by a farman from the Mogul by way of 

 inam or free gift. 







