40 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



ment districts, as also does the currency. The 

 hildar^ or old Company's rupee, being worth 

 about one anna more than the ordinary Khyr- 

 poor rupee. 



It may be well here to say a word regarding 

 the weights and measures of India. The unit 

 of the ponderal system of British India is called 

 a tola. It weighs 180 grains troy. From it 

 upwards are derived the heavy weights, chet- 

 tack, seer, and maund ; and by its subdivisions, 

 the small, or jeweller's weights, called mashas, 

 ruttees, and dhan. The gold mohur and the 

 Company's rupee are of equal weight and fine- 

 ness, as follows : — Weight, 180 grains troy. 

 Pure metal, 165 grains. Alloy, 15 grains. The 

 new copper coins of India weigh as follows : — 

 The 1 anna piece 400 grains troy. 



Meer Ali Moorad's territory contains some 

 of the finest land in Sindh, and possesses great 

 facilities for irrigation, in the Meerwah and 

 other canals, which convey the water of the 

 Jndus to most parts of the Khyrpoor country. 



The population of the Khyrpoor territory 

 is more equally balanced, I believe, as re- 



