SOUTH

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• KANARA, or CANARA

KANARA

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• DISTRICT

DISTRICT  has its headquarters at Mangalore . Area, 4021 sq. m . Pop . (toot), 1,134,713, showing an increase of 7 % in the decade . The district is intersected by rivers, none of which exceeds too miles in length . They all take their rise in the Western Ghats, and many are navigable during the fair weather for from 15 to 25 miles from the coast . The chief of these streams are the Netravati, Gurpur and Chendragiri . Numerous. groves of coco-nut palms extend along the coast, and green rice-fields are seen in every valley . The Western Ghats, rising to a height of 3000 to 6000 ft., fringe the eastern boundary . Forest land of great extent and value exists, but most of it is private property . Jungle products (besides timber) consist of bamboo, cardamoms, wild arrowroot, gall-nuts, gamboge, catechu, fibrous bark, cinnamon, gums, resin, dyes, honey and beeswax . The forests formerly abounded in game, which, however, is rapidly decreasing under incessant shooting .

The

staple crop is rice . The chief articles of import are piece goods, cotton yarn, oils and salt . Tiles are manufactured in several places out of a fine potter's clay . The Azhikal-Mangalore line of the Madras railway serves the district . See South Canary District Manual (2 vols., Madras, 1894-1895) .