NEGAPATAM  , a seaport of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, forming one See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality with Nagore, a See also:

• PORT

port 3 M . N. at the mouth of the Vettar See also:

• RIVER

river . Pop . (1901) 57,190 . It carries on a brisk See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade with the Straits Settlements and See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, steamers See also:

• RUNNING

running once a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week to See also:

• COLOMBO

Colombo . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief export is See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice . Negapatam is the See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway, and contains large railway workshops . It is also a See also:

• DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot for See also:

• COOLIE

coolie See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration . Negapatam was one of the earliest settlements of the Protuguese on the Coromandel See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . It was taken by the Dutch in 166o, becoming their chief See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession in India, and by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English in 1781 . From 1799 to 1845 it was the headquarters of Tanjore district . There is a large See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Labbais, Mahommedans of mixed Arab descent, who are keen traders .

Jesuit and Wesleyan See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions are carried on .