4 RANEEPOOR AND GUMBUT. 



like purpose. The former is called in Sindhi 

 Moong 2var, i. e. Bar-Kush, the ''load fastener," 

 and is much used in Kajilas, or caravans, for that 

 purpose, from beyond the frontier. 



Raneepoor and Grumbut are the chief manu- 

 facturing towns in the Khyrpoor territory ; at 

 the latter place I am told the workmen are very 

 expert in copying any patterns of chintz furnish- 

 ed to them, and I know that their colours are 

 extremely durable. The Sahokars of Gumbut 

 are very wealthy, and some of them carry on an 

 extensive trade with Bombay, Shikarpoor, &c. 



I here subjoin a brief summary from a volu- 

 minous Report on the Census of Sindh by the 

 Deputy Collector of Customs : — 



General Remarks. 



" The subdivision of the land is greatest in the 

 Upper Sindh Western Frontier, and least in the 

 Thurr and Parkur districts, the proportion of 

 cultivation to population being 1.3 beegas in 

 the former, to 4.3 beegas in the latter ; this may 

 be partly accounted for by the fact that Jaco- 

 babad is a military station. 



"In the Kurrachee Collectorate the proportion 

 is 3.5 beegas to each head of its population, 



