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days, the garrison of 1600 men and 50 wounded, while the loss of the British amounted to ii killed and 12 wounded. Since its acquisition by the British, Belgaum has increased greatly in size and wealth. The large military cantonment contributes to its

After

out for twenty-one

holding

capitulated, having lost 20 killed

prosperity, while the school built for the children of natives of rank,

adds dry

to

social importance.

its

fish, dates,

cocoa-nuts,

and

The

principal articles of trade are salt,

coir,

imported from the sea-coast, chiefly

from the port of Vingorla. Grain of all kinds, sugar, and molasses are also brought from the country round. The city contains more than

300 looms

for the

entirely derived

manufacture of cotton

from

cloth.

The

water supply

is

Besides the courts and offices of the

wells.

judge, Collector, Assistant Collector, District superintendent of police, officers, there are 15 Government and aided private schools. Belgharia {Belghiirriah). Village in the District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, and a station on the Eastern Bengal Railway 7 miles from Calcutta. Aided vernacular school. Bella Narayanpur. Village on the right bank of the Pagla nad'i, in Murshidabad District, Bengal. It was formerly in Birbhum, but was included in a tract of country recently transferred from that District to Murshidabad. In 1852 it was described as the largest and most important village in the iron-bearing tract of Bi'rbhum, and contained 30 furnaces. In 1857, there were 62 furnaces smelting and reducing

executive engineer, and other District

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the iron ore.

Beliapatam {Valdrpaianam ; Billipatam River in IMalabar

District,

sources in the Ghats on the borders of Coorg, hills

of the

Madras Presidency. it

Indian Atlas).

Rising from several joins at the foot of the

another large stream flowing from the range in the north-east of

Manattana. Immediately below the junction, the united stream is spanned by the Irriti bridge, now (1882) in course of renewal, on the high road from the coast to Coorg and Mysore. From Irikur, where it becomes navigable all the year round for large boats, it flows westward to Irwapuya. Here a third stream, rising from the same sources, joins it the river widening considerably at the confluence. It then flows past Beliapatam, and debouches into the sea 4 miles south-west of that town, in lat. 11° 57' n., long. 75° 21' e. The numerous plantations of areca and cocoa-nut palms make the scenery of the lower streams very

picturesque.

Beliapatam ( Valdrpatanam, Malaydlim, Big-town ; sometimes supposed to be the Jarfatton of Ibn Batuta). Town in Malabar District,

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Madras Presidency. Lat. 11° 55' n., long. 75° 25' E. Situated on the left bank of the Beliapatam river, about 4 miles from its mouth, and the same distance from the cantonment of Cannanore. It possesses a