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258 NEDDIAVATTAM-NEGAPATAJ. Neddiavattam. - Village and post station in the Nilgiri Hills, Madras Presidency. Lat. II° 28' N., and long. 76° 36' E. Stands at the head of the Gúdalúr ghát, leading from Malabar and the Wynaad coffee districts to the Nilgiris, about 5800 feet above sea level, and 22 miles from Utakanand (Ootacamund). Some important Government plantations are situated here. Nedumangarh. – Táluk or Sub-division of Travancore State, Madras Presidency. Area, 340 square miles. Nedumangarh contains 68 karas or villages. Population (1875) 47,668 ; (1881) 52,211, namely, 26,465 males and 25,746 females, occupying 11,636 houses. Hindus nuniber 47,713; Muhammadans, 3627; and Christians, 871. Neemuch.--Cantonment and town in Central India. See NIMACH, Negapatam.-Táluk or Sub-division of Tanjore District, Madras Presidency. Area, 239 square miles. Population (1881) 216,867, namely, 101,468 males and 115,399 feinales, dwelling in 2 towns and 322 villages, and occupying 40,085 houses. Hindus numbered 186,185; Muhammadans, 20,760 ; Christians, 9902 ; and others,' 20. In 1883 the táluk contained 2 civil and 5 criminal courts; police circles (thánás), o ; and regular police, 166 men. police, 166 men. Land Land revenue, £41,104. The South Indian Railway from Trichinopoli to Negapatam traverses the country, Negapatam [Nágai-pattanam, Snake-town,' Nigamos (Gr.), Nigama Iletrop. (Latin), the Malifattan of the Arab geographers (Yule), and The City of Choramandel of the early Portuguese).- Town and chief port of Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, and terminus of the South Indian Railway. Lat. 10° 45' 37" N., long. 79° 53' 28" E. Population (with Nagúr) in 1881, 53,855, namely, 24, 305 males and 29,550 females; number of houses, 8616. Hindus numbered 36,328; Muhammadans, 12,408; Christians, 5118; and 'others,' 1. With the adjoining port of Nagúr, it forms a municipality; income in 1883-84, £4838; incidence of taxation, about is. 4 d. a head. Among the principal buildings are a Jesuit college, a Wesleyan mission establishment, and a large Hindu temples. There is also a fine dispensary, erected and chiefly maintained by local subscriptions. Negapatam contains the courts and offices of a sub-judge, a District munsif, a Head Assistant Collector, and a tahsildar; and the chief Government salt depot of Tanjore. The port carries on an active trade with Ceylon, Burma, and the Straits Settlements; the imports consisting chiefly of cotton goods and areca-nuts, and the exports of rice and paddy. Average annual value of trade for the five years ending 1878—exports, £522,460; imports, £390,436. Imports (1880-81), value +245,916; exports, value $ 486,326. In 1883-84, the value of the imports into Negapatam was £337,887; and of the exports, £ 566,547. The imports were chiefly white bleached piece-goods (£20,000); spices (£,87,000);