ON THE STATISTICS OF DUKHUN. $25 
under the Peshwa. In the wages of the numerous servants of 
European gentlemen the same advance has taken place. The 
superior cheapness in some grains has extended to more than 
100 per cent. 
In the above notices the rupee has been considered equal to 
two shillings; the seer of weight equal to 1]b.15 oz. 8 drs. 
183 ers. avoirdupois, or 2lbs. 4 oz. 6 grs. troy; and the seer 
of capacity to 2lbs. 6 oz. 3 drs. 24 grs. 92 dec. avoirdupois of 
Jerwail rice; its cubic contents, 72 in. 2 dec. of water at a 
temperature of 75° Fahrenheit, at a temperature of 60° there- 
fore being equal to 48 per cent. less than two imperial quarts, 
or very nearly one quart. Rigidly, the seer is 4:17 dec. per 
cent. larger than an imperial quart. 
Manufactures. 
Celebrated as was India for its costly and ingenious cotton 
fabrics, little more than the memory of them now remains. 
The machinery of England has enabled ler manufacturers to 
take the raw material out of the hands of the grower, and return 
it to the continent of India, worked up in various ways, with- 
out even affording an opportunity for the application of a prop 
or stay to the sinking industry of its once flourishing manufac- 
turing classes. As far as relates to Dukhun, its cotton and 
silk fabrics are confined to coarse dresses for women, tent- 
cloths, some silk handkerchiefs, and trifling pieces of silk for 
bosom cloths for women. From an examination of the cotton 
and silk goods for sale in the markets of Poona, in July 1829, 
it appeared that every product of the loom, without any excep- 
tion, with any claim to notice from texture, costliness of 
material, or ingenuity in the design or workmanship, was an 
import into the collectorates from native states not under 
the British government. Turband cloths, varying in length 
from 24 to 60 cubits, in breadth from three-quarters to 14 
cubits, and in price from one rupee up to sixty rupees each, 
were from Peytun, Bheer, Narrainpait, Tahr Putruh, Wus- 
wunt, Nandergaon, and Shaghur, in the Nizam’s dominions ; 
Boorhanpoor and Jehanabad, in Seendeh’s (Scindiah’s) domi- 
nions, and Chundaree in Malwa, while those made in the 
city of Poona did not exceed three rupees each in value. The 
only valuable Doéruhs or loin cloths, in length from 20 to 22 
cubits, breadth 2} to 23 cubits, and in price from'10 to 40 
rupees, were from Muheshwur, in Malwa; the rest were from 
the Nizam’s, Holkar’s, and the Rajah of Berar’s (Nagpoor) ter- 
a ritories. Shahpoor and Belgaon, in the Dharwar collectorate, 
produced some loin cloths of the value of 25 rupees; those from 
