in custody of Chorge family. Another beautiful site is the Chinchani beach, one and a half kilometres north of the fort. Transport Rented cars/taxis, state transport buses (Maharashtra State Transport Corporation) and auto rickshaws are the general mode of transport. Transport history Tarapur, a port in the Mahim sub-division, had a population of 2939 in 1881. It lies in a low wooded tract on the south bank of the Tarapur creek, sixty miles north of Bombay, fifteen miles north of Mahim, and road seven miles north-west of the Boisar station of the Baroda railway. The road from Boisar station was built in 1871 at a cost of £14,536 (Rs. 1,45,365). The traffic at Boisar station show an increase in passengers from 11,711 in 1873 to 24,329 in 1880, and in goods from 1289 to 3302 tons. From the village on the north bank of the creek the town is known by the joint name of Tarapur-Chinchni. Ship transport In 1634 the bar of the Tarapur river was described as of the same width as the Dahanu bar, with a similar sand bank at the mouth and a channel in the middle which was dry at low tide, but at high water allowed a ship to enter and anchor. Within a rocky reef, to the north-west of the town, there is still anchorage for small craft. But particularly in the south, the bottom is full of rocks and shoals, which stretch from Tarapur point to the north-west and north abreast the town. Between Tarapur and Bombay the tides set nearly in the direction of the land, the flood a little towards it or north, and the ebb a little from it about south by west. In the 1881 population of 2939, there were 2124 Hindus, 397 Musalmans, 366 Parsis, and 52 Christians. The sea-trade returns for the five years ending 1878-79 show average exports worth £10,529 (Rs. 1,05,290) and average imports worth £6134 (Rs. 61,340). Exports varied from £1115 (Rs. 11,150) in 1877-78 to £16,840 (Rs. 1,68,400) in 1878-79, and imports from £4690 (Rs. 46,900) in 1878-79 to £7220 (Rs. 72,200) in 1876-77. [The details are: Exports, 1874-75 £14,031 (Rs. 1,40,310), 1875-76 £11,828 (Rs. 1,18,280), 1876-77 £8835 (Rs. 88,350), 1877-78 £1115 (Rs. 11,150?), 1878-79 £16,840 (Rs.1,68,400); Imports, 1874-75 £5370 (Rs. 53,700), 1875-76 £6694(Rs. 66,940), 1876-77 £7220 (Rs. 72,200), 1877-78 £6696 (Rs. 66,960), 1878-79 £4690 (Rs. 46,900).] A municipality was sanctioned in