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BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE 



No. XX. 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 Area. 



Land 

 Revenue. 



1715 .. 



Island of 

 Chetwai. 



A strip of land on the sea coast of the 

 Malabar District insulated by the estua- 

 ries of Chetwai and Kodangalur (Cran- 

 ganore), 50 miles north of Cochin. It is 

 now part of the Ponani Taluk. 



Permission granted by the Zamorin to the 

 English to build a warehouse here. 



SQ. MILES. 



40 



RS. 



38,826 



1717 .. 



1776 .. 

 1790 .. 





Seized from the Zamorin by the Dutch 

 who built a fort here (Malabar Commis- 

 sioners' Eeport, paragraph 24). 



Conquered by Hyder Ali from the Dutch 



(ibid). 



Taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Hartley' and 

 leased to the Cochin Raja for Rupees 

 40,000 per annum. The lease is dated 

 26th November 1790. It was renewed 

 in 1791 for two years, and in 1794 for 

 ten years (Malabar Commission Report, 

 paragraphs 164 and 520). 







No. XXI. 



1722 .. 

 1757 .. 

 1759 



1765 .. 



Ingeram, Fac- 

 tory of. 



On the Godavari, 6 miles south of Corin- 

 ga. 



(1.) June. — Factory established. 



(2.) Captured by the French under Bussy. 



(3.) 10th May.— Part of the territory 

 ceded by Nizam's treaty with Colonel 

 Forde (vide Acq. No. XXXI). 



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

 the Mogul's farman. 



Factory 

 only. 



Nil. 



No. XXII. 



Island of Dhar- 

 mapatam. 



Immediately to the north of the Telli- 

 cherry Factory. The Anjarakandy 

 river splits into two branches as it 

 approaches the sea and the land lying 

 between them and the sea is the island 

 in question : now in the Kottayam 

 Taluk of the Malabar Collectorate. 



SO.. MILES. 



6 



RS. 



4,132 



