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 CHAPTER VI.

OCCUPATIONS AND TRADE. Arts and Industries (page 102) — Silk-weavers — Cotton-weavers (103) ; their numbers — Their methods — Tape-weaving (104) — Gunny-weaving — Cotton-dyeing — Chintz-stamping (105) — Mats and tattis — Metal-work — Painting (106) — Pith-work— Musical instruments — Wood and stone carving — Ropes (107) — Oils — Tanning — Shoes (108) — Baskets — Bangles — Pottery (109) — Country sugar - Mercury — House-building (no) — Printing-presses —Rice-mills — Indigo factories — Ship-building— Dowlaishweram workshops — District Board Workshops at Cocanada (in)— Samalkot distillery and sugar-factory — Dummagudem lace (112). Trade — Markets — Grain-deal- ing — Exports — Imports (113) — Trade of Cocanada— The harbour — Port conservancy (114) — European business houses at Cocanada (115) — European Chamber of Commerce— Steamers visiting the port — Amount of trade — Character of trade (116). Weights and Measures (117) — Goldsmiths' weights — Commercial weights — Measures of capacity (118) — Miscellaneous commercial notations (120)— Lineal measures — Land measures (121) — Measures of time (122) — Local monetary terms ... ... 102-123

CHAPTER VII.

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

Roads — (page 124)— Their length and condition— Quarries — Maintenance, establishment and allotments (125) — Bridges — Ferries (126). Water Carriage (127)— The rivers — Upper Godavari project (128)— Navigable canals (129) ; their history — Expenditure and traffic (130) — Nature of traffic (131) — Conflicting interests of irrigation and navigation (132). Madras Railway. Accommodation for travellers (133)— Bungalows — Chattrams ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 124-134

CHAPTER VIII.

RAINFALL AND SEASONS

Rainfall (page 135). Famine (136) — The conditions existing —Famine in 1791 (137)— The ' Guntiir famine' of 1833 (138) — Distress in 1835-38 (139) — Disasters of 1839-41 (140)— Improvement resulting from the anicut — Scarcity in the Agency, 1897. Inundations by the sea (141) — About 1706 — In 1787 (142) — Its extent and effects — The accompanying hurricane (143) — The landholders' losses — Inundation of 1839. Cyclones (144). Floods- In 1614 (X4<;)— In 1875, 1878, 1882,1883 and 1884— Great flood of 1886— Floods of 1887 and 1892 (146)— Of 1895- 96— Of 1900 (147) 135-147

CHAPTER IX.

PUBLIC HEALTH.

Prey.lent Ijiskases (page 148) — Malaria ; in the Agency — In the uplands (149) — In the delta — Cholera— Small-pox (150) — Other diseases— Sanitation. Medical In.stitutions (151) — Public hospitals and dispensaries — Mission institutions — Institutions in Cocanada— Rajahmundry hospital (152^ 148-152