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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 19, p. 2.

z NA7IRA workmen for a year, and the ornaments and curiosities with which the whole woodwork was filled defied all description. Robinson, writing in 1844, describes the ruins as follows :- 'The royal palace was surrounded by a brick wall about 2 miles in circumference; but the whole town and its suburbs appear to have extended over many square miles of country. The ruins of gateways, built chiefly of masonry, are still to be seen within the fortified circum vallations which surrounded the town. One of the gateways is com- posed principally of large blocks of stone, bearing marks of iron crampings, which evidently show that they once belonged to far more ancient edifices.' Nazis is now the head-quarters of the Assam Tea Company, and a considerable bazar has sprung up on the banks of the river, to which Nagas bring down chillies, betel-leaf, rubber, and bamboo mats. Salt, grain, piece-goods, and oil are imported in large quantities to meet the demands of the cooly population. The place is connected by rail with Gauhati and Dibrugarh, and contains a. high school with an average attendance in 1903-4 of 164 boys. Neddiavattam.-Village in Nilgiri District, Madras. See NADU- VATTAM. Neemuch.-Town and British cantonment in Central India. See NIMACH. Negapatam Subdivision.-Subdivision of Tanjore District, Madras, consisting of the NEGAPATAM and NANNILAM tdluks. Negapatam Taluk.-Coast hiluk of Tanjore District, Madras, lying between 10° 32' and 10° 50' N. and 79° 34' and 79° 51' E., with an area of 240 square miles. The population fell from 220,165 in 1891 to 217,607 in r9o1 ; but the tdluk still stands second in the District and fifth in the Presidency in regard to density, which is 907 persons per square mile. The taluk contains proportionately more educated people than any other in the District ; and it owes this characteristic and its general importance to NEGAPATAM TOWN (population, 57,190), the head- quarters, which is a large municipality and seaport. The only other considerable town is TIRUVALUR (15,436), noted for its temple and the idol car belonging thereto. The number of villages is 189. The de- mand for land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 5,75,000. Although it lies within the Cauvery delta, the south-easternmost por- tions are beyond the irrigation system which depends upon that river. It contains no alluvial soil and the land is not of a very high class. Negapatam Town (Ptolemy's Niganios and Rashid-ud-din's Mali- fatian).-Head-quarters of the tahik of the same name and seaport in Tanjore District, Madras, situated in 10° 46' N. and 79° 51' E., 212 miles from Madras by the South Indian Railway and its branch, the District board line. The population in 1871 was 48,525; in 1881,