Mr. Glyn on the various Classes of Population in Bareilly, 



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Trade, &c. 



Number of Houses, 

 Shops, &c. 



Average 



Earnings per 



Month. 



Remarks. 



Silver and Gold Lace-dea- 

 lers (Hindus) 



-:.) 



17 Houses. 



Mat-dealers (Hindus) '| ^j ^hT*"'' } 



F 



} 



Shoemakers (Mahome- ; \ 

 dans) J 



Corn-dealers*. 



Bhaats, Bards or Hymn- 

 singers (Hindus) 



Calendrers or Scourers 

 (Mahomedans) '.. 



Tinmen (Mahomedans).... 



Linen and Cloth-plaiters 

 (Hindus) 



10 Houses. 

 41 Shops. 



110 Hindus. ) 

 20 Mahom. ( 



136 Shops. ) 

 36 Houses. 



1 9 Houses. 1 



J 2 Shops. J 



f 10 Houses. 1 



\ 8 Shops. J 



7 Houses. 



Goldsmiths and Silver- 

 smiths (Hindus) 



Carpenters. 



112 Hindus. \ 

 11 Mahom. ( 



T23 ) 



200 Houses. 

 90 Shops. 



112 Hindus. 



Rupees. 



10 to 12 



6 to 20 



10 to 100 



2 to 3 



4 to 5 



5 to 12 



5 to 12 



5 They make mats, fine and coarse, 

 ( of bamboo and of grass. 



f They make shoes, for the use of 

 -J Mahomedans only, of cow lea- 

 ^ ther. 



rThis caste of Hindus go about 

 ' singing to the Hindu deities, and 

 I earn thus much by begging. 



I rThey make gold and silver orna- 

 I I ments of every description, for 



4 to 15 '* men, women and children ; also 

 table ornaments, cups, bowls, 

 &c. and horse ornaments, cSrc.f 



5 to 10 



* Dealers in corn, as well as husbandmen, are almost universally Hindus. Indeed almost all concerned 

 in the productions of the soil are of that religion. Mahomedans are found more numerous among.'it the 

 manufacturers of fine goods, as brocade, fine leather, &c. 



t Gold and silver-smiths are rarely possessed of capital; nor do they often make large fortunes, as in 

 Europe: but there is work enough to occupy even 200 families. The inhabitants of the upper provinces, 

 both Hindu and Mahomedan, lay out the greater part of their savings in ornaments, and this is probably 

 more the case now than in former times. They now wear gold and silver more, and bury less under ground, 

 than under the Native governments : both because there is now much greater security from robbers ; and 

 because the possessors of wealth are not so much as formerly exposed to the- rapacity of insatiable Native 

 officers. The investment of money in ornaments and jewellery, in proportion to the amount of accumula- 

 tion, is probably greater in the upper than in the lower provinces of India j and this is owing to the wealthy 

 classes in Bengal preferring to invest their capital in government fimds or other securities. The great 

 number of shops (considering the aujount of the population and the paucity of wealth in this town) 

 serves to aliow how vast is the consumption of gold and silver throughout India. 



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