120 BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE 



No. XXX. 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 j Area. 



Land 

 Revenue. 









SQ. MILES. 



RS. 





Mount Billy, 

 Fort of. 



Is a detached hill, 855 feet in height, on 

 the Malabar Coast forming a prominent 

 land mark in the charts ; forms part of 

 Cherakal Taluk. 



A fort was first built here on a bluff 

 projecting into the sea by the Portu- 

 guese, from whom the Dutch took it. 



A few acres. 





1754 .. 





February 24th. — The French acquired it 

 by purchase from the Cherakal Raja. 







1761 .. 





The small French garrison massacred by 

 Ali Raja of Cannanore who was obliged 

 to deliver it up to the English as per 

 terms of the capitulation of Mahe, 

 dated 10th February 1761. 







1779 .. 





Taken by Sirdar Khan, Tippoo's General. 







1784 .. 





Restored to the English by the treaty of 

 Mangalore, dated 11th March 1784. 







No. XXXI. 



1759 . 



Districts 

 ceded by the 



Nizam. 

 The Circar of 

 Masulipataui, 

 with eight 

 districts, the 

 Circar of 

 Nizampatam, 

 and the dis- 

 tricts of Kon- 

 david and 

 Akulaman- 

 nad. 



(1.) 14th May.— Given to the English 

 Company "as an inam or free gift" 

 by the Nizam, Salabat Jang, in treaty 

 with Colonel Forde . The small Circar 

 of Masulipatam is not to be confounded, 

 as it often is, with the extensive district 

 afterwards so called. The whole terri- 

 tory ceded by the foregoing treaty is 

 about 700 square miles only in extent, 

 and with the exception of the towns 

 mentioned under head (VI) infra — which 

 now belong to the Godavari District — is 

 a portion of the present Kistna Collec- 

 torate, viz. : — 



(I.) The Circar of Bunder, or seaports of 

 Masulipatam, divided into eight districts 



SQ. MILES. 



700 



RS. 



3,50,000 



