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Addatigala being the head-quarters. The demand for :land revenue and
cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 20,9oo. The whole of the tdluh is
hilly and, except in the fifteen settled villages adjoining the plains,
is covered with dense forest. The Government forests alone have an
area of 1611 square miles, while those in the various estates cover
300 square, miles. Most of the Government villages are rented out
annually. The chief crops are rice, pulses, and oilseeds; but the hill
people depend mainly on the produce of tamarinds, which grow to
a large size. The Guditeru muttah (estate), which was transferred to
this District; from Vizagapatam in 1881, forms part of the tdluh.
Yemmiganilr. - Town in the Adoni WO of Bellary District,
Madras, situated in 15° 47' N. and 770 29' E., 18 miles north-east of
Adoni. Population (1901), 13,890. It is the head-quarters of a
deputy-tahsïlddr, is the fourth most populous place in the District,
and during the last thirty years has grown faster than any of the other
large towns, its population having increased by as much as 89 per
cent. The chief industry is the weaving of cotton and mixed silk
and cotton cloths for women. It is said that at one time the industry
had almost died out, but that it was revived by the efforts of Mr. F. W.
Robertson, Collector of the District from 1824 to 1:838, who among
other measures brought over to the place a number of weavers from
the Nizâm's Dominions. The Yennmiganûr cloths are now much
esteemed and are exported as far as South Kanara.
Yenang,7aung.-North-western subdivision and township of Magwe
District, Upper Burma, lying along the Irrawaddy, between 20° 21' and
20° 37' N. and 94° 48' and 95° 5' E., with an area of 119 square miles.
The chief feature of the township, whiich consists of dry rolling upland,
is its oil-field, the largest in Burma, details of which are given in the
article on MAGWE DISTRICT. The population was 23,014, in 1891,
and 17,973 in 19or, distributed in 42 villages, the head-quarters being
at Venangyaung (population, 3,246), about 29 miles above Magwe on
the eastern bank of the Irrawaddy. In 1903-4 the area cultivated was
30 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted
to Rs. 67,000.
Yengan (Burmese, Yzeangan).-One of the most northerly of the
States in the Myelat division of the Southern Shan States, Burma,
lying between 20° 55' and 21° 14' N. and 96° 13' and 96° 38' E., with
an area of 4oo square miles. It is bounded on the north by Maw; on
the east by Lawksawk and Pangtara ; on the south by Pangtara and
Kyawkku ; and on the west by the Meiktila and Kyaukse Districts of
Upper Burma. The eastern portion consists of dry undulating downs,
while the western is hilly and watered by the Panlaung river and its
affluents. Separating the State from Burma is a lofty barrier of moun-
tains, in places over 5,000 feet in height. The population in 1goI was
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