CHAPTER XXXIX. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPOSITS— continued. 
Madras Presidency— cow«ww(?f/. 
Chengalpat District. 
Coimbalore District. 
Ganjdm District — Boiiani- Gudhiaii — Nautan-Barampur — Mathura — Kalikot 
-Rambh^. 
Kadapdh District. 
Karnul District. 
Madura District. 
Nilgiri Hills. 
Nellore District. 
Pudukottai State. 
Chengalpat District. 
A specimen of ' Purple Clay Ironstone, containing a vein of 
Manganese 'i was sent to the Madras Exhibition of 1855 from the 
Red Hills, while at the 1857 Exhibition ' Brown wad and brown fibrous 
manganese have been exhibited from the Red Hills, Bangalore and 
Cuddapah '.2 The Red Hills are composed of laterite. 
Coimbatore District. 
Mr. F. A. Nicholson^ says that ' manganese was detected in the 
black sand from VuapaneU in Coimbatore taluk'. 
G^njam District. 
The manganese of this district was first discovered in June 1902 
at Boirani, by Mr. T. Chaudry, who also found signs of manganese-ore 
at Mathura and Nautan-Barampur, and in all three places conducted 
a certain amount of excavation to examine the various deposits. 
A brief visit to this neighbourhood in December 1904 showed 
me that manganese is present as stains, impregnations, and coatings, 
1 Jury Reports, p. 6,(1856). 
2 Ditto .p. 2, (1857). 
3 Coimbatore District Manual, p. 23, (1887). 
