kachcherie

Updated: May 25, 2025

In an administrative sense the important building is the "Kachcherie" mayor's office and superintendent's headquarters in one; but the structure of material interest is the "kottu," wherein every sackful of oysters taken from the boats is counted and apportioned between the government and the divers.

Frederic Courtland Penfield - East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan