Excerpt from A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras: Compiled for the Government of Madras The Government of Madras in Order No. Dated 23rd December 1880, entrusted me with the duty of com piling the Manual of the Kistna District. Mr. G. D. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.