130 BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE PRESIDENCY OF FORT ST. GEORGE. 



No. XLYI. 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 Area. 



Land 

 Revenue. 



1818 .. 



Sandur. 

 Feudatory- 

 State of. 



Fell under the paramount sovereignty of 

 the British Government, with the rest 

 of the territories dependent on the 

 Poona Government, on the surrender of 

 Bajeerow, Peshwa. 



SQ. MILES. 



140 



RS. 



Free 

 from 

 tribute. 



No. XLVII. 



1845 .. 



Tranquebar . . 



A seaport in the District of Tan j ore, held 

 by the Danes of the Raja of Tanjore at 

 an annual rent of 4,000 rupees. 



Transferred to the East India Company 

 by the King of Denmark, with all other 

 Danish Settlements in India, for the 

 sum of 12,50,000 rupees. Treaty done 

 at Calcutta, 22nd February, and ratified 

 by the Court of Directors of the East 

 India Company at London, 2nd July. 



13 



15,756 



No. XLVIII. 



1856 .. 



The Fort of 

 Tan j ore. 



October 18th. — Taken possession of by the 

 Company twelve months from the death 

 of Raja Sivaji, without male heirs, direct 

 or collateral. 



ACRES. 



530 



RS. A. P. 



7 2 0 



No. XLIX. 



I860 .. 



1 



Bhadra'chalam 

 and Raka- 

 palli. Taluks 

 of. 



Ceded by the Nizam by the 8th Article of 

 the Treaty, dated 26th December 1860. 

 Now attached to the Godavari District 

 of Madras Presidency. 



SQ. MILES. 



873 



RS. 



17,450 



