$62 The Pan-chaki or Native Water-mill: ‘[sury, 
. The-expenses to the miller for keeping 2 mills at work are thus, 
Per month, 1 head miller’s wages, ...... Rs. 5 0 0 
1 assistant ditto ditto, ........ 4 0 0 
dawmeiehamam, cre Os act. ed 4). Orn 
Oil at + seer per day, about .. .. 1 0 0 
2 seers of atta given per day to 2 
millers, in addition to their regu- 
laxspay aboutiowwaes hwnd) seg 27 0 
Total expense per month, Rs. 16 7 O 
or per day, taking a month of 30 days,.... 0 § 9% 
The receipts per day are as follows: 
Supposing 55 mds. of grain ground at 2 ans. per md. 6 14 0 
Derpvuct. 
Expenses as above,.... 0 
Government rent, 5 
8 92 
0 0 
5isiS Dre 
————— 
Balance of profit to miller per day, _—‘Rs. Lae 
The above daily expenses would not be increased by an additional 
mill ;—the profits to the contractor in that case could therefore be much 
increased ; whereas a solitary mill would very nearly require the same 
establishment, and would therefore be less profitable; mills of a higher 
power also might be easily worked with the above scale of establish- 
ment. 
At mills distant from towns, the payment for grinding corn is made 
in kind, varying from 2 to 4 seers per maund, which, at the usual rate 
of from 40 to 50 seers per rupee, is but a moderate return in compa- 
rison with that at the town mills. These village mills grind gram, 
barley, and Indian corn, as well as wheat. 
The stones used on the canals are chiefly those from the quarries 
near Agra, Ripbas, and Fatihpur Sikri, a coarse-grained sandstone 
which requires the chisel every second day,—there are three sizes used ; 
First size, diameter 36 inches, depth 12 
Second ditto, — 30 inches, — do. 
Third ditto, ~—— 27 inches, do. 
The two latter are in most general use. Stones ofthe usual quality last 
for about 2 or 3 years, that is to say, at the end of that period a new 
upper stone is provided, and the old one. placed below. . In the native 
mills on the Jumaa, stones about 22 inches diameter, and from 10 to 
