PRESIDENCY OF FORT ST. GEORGE, 



109 



No. VIII. 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 



Approximate 



Land 



representing it. 



Area. 



Revenue. 





Madakara 



Island on the north side of the Billia- 



ACRES. 

 S. GR. 



RS. 



1,120 







patam river, north of Cannanore ; is now 



1 







a part of the Cherakal Taluk. 





1669-70. 





(1.) Obtained from the Raja, i.e., of 

 Cherakal, probably as a trading post on 

 rent. 







1736 .. 



•• 



(2.) March. — Permission granted by the 

 Raja for the erection of a fort. 







1749 .. 





(3.) May. — The island formally ceded by 

 the Raja as a British possession (Malabar 

 Commission Report, para. 9). 







1762 .. 





(4.) August. — Fort blown up and island 

 given back to the Vice-Regent of Che- 

 rakal. 2 







1792 .. 





(5.) 18th March.— Ceded by Tippoo with 

 the rest of Malabar and other territory 

 (vide Acq. No. XXXVIII). 







No. IX. 



1679 



1688 

 1698 



1702 



1757 

 1759 



1765 



Madapollam, 

 Factory of. 



Makes one village with Narsapur of the 

 Godavari District, 45 miles north of 

 Masulipatam, 6 miles from mouth of the 

 Vasishta branch of the Godavari, and 

 on its right bank. 



(1.) December. — Factory established 

 (Bruce ii, 439). 



2. ) August. — Wi thdrawn (Bruce ii, 654). 



3. ) Resettled under orders of Court of 

 Directors. 



(4.) Entered in the Dead Stock of the two 



uniting Companies. 

 (5.) Captured by the French under Bussy. 

 (6.) 14th May.— Part of the territory 



ceded by Nizam's Treaty with Colonel 



Forde (vide Acq. No. XXXI). 

 (7.) August 12th. — Grant confirmed by 



the Mogul's farman. 



Factory 

 only. 



Nil 



2 After the fall of Pondi cherry and Mahe in 1761, this post which had up to that time been 

 useful in protecting the English Company's trade, and in retarding that of the French Company, 

 was abandoned as no longer of use. 



