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 10 THE GODAVERY DISTRICT,

tax, water cess, quit-rent on Inams, Péshkash, &., amounts to 578,953 rupees, as particularised below.

Rupees.

Assessment. . ' . 213,891 ‘Water cess. . . : 301,985 Péshkash. : : 5 13,865 Other miscellaneous items <. 49,212 578,953

The new Settlement rates were brought into operation in this Taluk in Fasli 1272.

In regard to the Government lands under the Annicat channels, dry rates have been imposed, subject to a separate cess for water according to the rates prescribed for each crop. They are as described in the Rémachandrapuram Taluk. Tho rates of water eess are the same for the whole district in regard to Government, Zemindari, and Tnam lands.

This Taluk is well supplicd with the means of irrigation by three qaain eanals, which are also used for navigation, namely, the Narasd- puram canal, the Gannavaram canal, and the Mukkamala canal. There are also numerous minor irrigation channels branching off from the above.

The products of this Taluk are chicfly paddy, Bengal gram, horse gram, cow gram, green gram, black gram, red gram, gingelly ond lamp oil seeds, hemp, coriander, fenugreek, mustard, jonna, cumboo, ragey, tobacco, sugar-cane, chillies, onions, garlic, turmeric, yams, country yams, limes, swect oranges, pumple-noses, ginger, cocoa-nuts, areca-nuts, betel-leaves, and plantains,

The soil of the ‘Taluk is of eight different sorts, namely, per- manently improved, regur pure, regur loamy, regur sandy, red loamy, red sandy, arenaceous loamy, arenaceous sandy. The Taluk is flat. Narasdpuram, or, as it is usually spelt, Nursapore, is a con- siderable scaport town. It is the headquarters of the Deputy Collector on General Duties, of the Tahsildar of the Taluk, of the Executive Engineer, and of the Assistant Superintendent of Police The District Munsiff’s Court and office of the Superintendent of Sea Customs are also situated in this town.

Some parts of the Tatak are very swampy. The branch of the Godavery called Vasishta flows through the centre of the Taluk, and falls into the sea near Antravédi. ‘There are somo islands in the

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