J898.] W. Irvine — Mm^ Rules in 1126 A.H, 151 



to rule and custom, atjd in obedience to such new instructions as may be 

 issued by the Emperor. 



He should keep a daily account of the stock of coins. [_Afzun is 

 the total of an account, and here I take it as meant for a statement of 

 receipts and issues, showing (1 ) balance of previous day, (2) receipts, 

 (3) issues, (4) Afzun or balance at end of the day]. Ho should pay the 

 dues and expenses of the Mint at the office of the provincial governor. 

 When traders bring gold or silver to be coined, it should be weighed in 

 the presence of the receiving officials and then be made over to the 

 melters. The melters having melted down the metal return it to the 

 receiving official. He (the superintendent) should inspect it. If the 

 gold on the touch stone (mihakk) and the silver by melting and tab 

 (lustre?), .appear bel.o.vv the standard of fineness (kam-Hyar), they 

 must be given back to. be melted over again until they are fit for 

 approval for minting. 



When the melters have re-melted the metal, the mutallis (" round 

 pieces of "the size of coined money," Blochmann, AtUf I, 22, line 31) 

 which in Hindi are called mala (rosary ? garland ? necklace ?) are 

 prepared. And in his own presence he (the superintendent) causes the 

 separate /a 7*5^ (blanks or discs ?) for the coin to be prepared and makes 

 them over to the strikers. The asharfl is of 9 Tnashah and 6 surkh, the 

 rupee of 10 mashah and 2 surkh. The Half and Quarter, down to half 

 a rattt, are made according to these weights. 



The expenses are levied in the following manner and by the 

 following rules : 



Mahomedans. — Per muJir (gold coin) 5 annas, 5 gandah (-20 katcrl ?) 



Per 100 rupees (silver coin), Rs. 2^, 

 Hindus. — For these there are two rates : 



I. Merchants who are permanently employed. 

 Per muJir, five (5) annas 

 Per 100 Rupees, Rs. 2-2-0. 

 IT. Money changers and others who are not on the fixed list. 

 Per muhr, seven (7) annas. 

 Per 100 Rupees, Rs. 3-0-0. 

 The items which come under the heading " Receipts to be credited 

 to " Government " are as follows. The first item is tliat from the 

 melters, on account of the sifters (niyarah), the fraofmcnts of metal 

 being collected by them out of the charcoal ashes. These are called 

 kush (sediment?). For this the melters pay in 12 annas per 1,000 

 coin. The silver men pay 2 rupees monthly and the melters one rupee 

 monthly under the head of Present (peshkash) into the government 



