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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 2.

2 COONDAPOOR VILLAGE locally known as the ` flower-fish,' running up to three feet in length, which were especially reserved for Tipu's table during Mysore rule. Coonoor Taluk.-Eastern hdluk of the Nilgiri District, Madras, lying between 11° 14′ and 11° 33′ N. and 76° 39′ and 77° E., and em- bracing the old divisions of Paranginad and Mekanad. It forms the Coonoor revenue subdivision. The area is 238 square miles, and the population in igoi was 52,300, compared with 42,798 in 18gi. The land revenue demand amounted in 1903-4 to Rs. 59,000. It contains the town of COONOOR (population, 8,525), the head-quarters, the can- tonment at WELLINGTON, and i9 villages. Outside these towns and the small sanitarium of KOTAGIRI the villages are merely Badaga hamlets. The picturesque Karteri falls, situated 6 miles south-west of Coonoor, supply the electric power used at the cordite factory at Aravanghat 3 miles away. Lying to the east of Dodabetta, the tdluk receives more rain during the north-east monsoon than the rest of the District. The chief coffee-planting areas are in the neighbourhood of Coonoor and Kotagiri. On the extreme east and at Kotagiri are extensive tea estates. The tdluk also embraces the slopes of the hills on the Coimbatore side, in one of the villages among which are the Government gardens at BARLIYAR. Coonoor Town.-Town and sanitarium in the tdluk of the same name in the Nilgiri District, Madras, situated in 11° 21′ N. and 76° 48′ E., 6,ooo feet above the sea, at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the principal pass from the plains. Up this ,,-hat runs a road (21 miles in length) and a rack railway (164 miles) from MF;TTU PALAIYAM in Coimbatore District. The town is 345 miles by rail from Madras City, and r i miles by road from Ootacamund. Population (1go1), 8,525. There were 5,297 Hindus (chiefly Paraiyans), 898 Muhammadans, and 2,327 Christians, including a fluctuating num- ber of Europeans. The place was constituted a municipality in 1866, and the municipal area is about 7 square miles. The income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1go2-3 averaged Rs. 48,6oo and Rs. 47,ooo respectively. In 1903-4 they were Rs. 62,5oo and Rs. 6o,ooo, the principal sources of receipts being fees from markets, the taxes on houses and lands, and a contribution from Government. A water-supply scheme, estimated to cost Rs. 1,17,000, is being carried out by the council. Coonoor is the head-quarters of the divisional officer, and also contains a stationary sub-magistrate's court, a hospital, four places of worship (one Roman Catholic, one Church of England, and two of other denominations), many schools, a library, and shops and hotels for the convenience of Europeans visiting it. In the neighbour- hood are several tea and coffee estates. Coonoor is one of the principal sanitaria of the Presidency, and is perhaps second only to Ootacamund in natural advantages. The town