BENGAL AND BOMBAY COIR CORDAGE. 117 
STATEMENT SHOWING THE VALUE AND WEIGHT OF A COIL OF COIR ROPE OF THE 
DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS MADE IN BOMBAY AND BENGAL. 
Description. Bengal. Bombay. Difference. 
Weight. Value. Weight. Value. 
: ewt. qr. lb. Rs, ewt. qr. Ib. Rs. Rs. 
1 Coir Cable of 14in 32 2 4 — 32 17 _ — 
5 Sin} 12 0 21 _ 11 1:10 _ _ 
” Zin} 9 1 10 ad 10 19 _ _ 
” Gin] 6 3 24 _ 7 10 _ _ 
” Sin] 4 0 27 = 4 0 0 _ _ 
lcoil Coir Rope,44 in| 3 3 2 _— 3 216 _ _ 
ap 4in.| 2 2 27 _ 3 0 22 _ _ 
a4 3hin| 2 0 15 _ 2 2 20 _ _- 
i 3in.} 1 2 20 _ 20 0 _ _ 
” sin] 1 0 27 -_ 1 1 25 _- _ 
” ljinj) 0 2 1 _ 0 2 20 —_ _ 
i lin.| 0 1 13 _ 0 1 25 — _ 
76 3 7 | 649 149/79 114] 592 133 | 5716 
Supposing 648 cwt. of the above kinds of cordage were 
required : 
Value of this at the Bombay rates of 7 7 6 per cwt. . Rs, 4839 12 0 
Ditto at Bengal rates, viz., at 8 5 9 per cwt.,is Rs.5416 14 0 
Freight to Bombay, say, at one rupee per cwt. . 648 00 
—_—- 6064 14 0 
Difference in fayour of Bombay Coir 3 - Rs.1225 20 
In calculating the rate per cwt., the Bengal maund is esti- 
mated at 82 1b.; and in turning the maunds into English 
weight, fractional parts have been omitted. 
As the authorities at Bombay complained that the market 
could not always be relied on, for meeting demands as they 
arose for good Coir cordage for the public service ; and as each 
fresh demand was taken advantage of for raising the price or 
for trying to pass off inferior articles at a high rate: a rope- 
walk has been authorised (January, 1853) to be established at 
the Mazagon Dockyard, in order to enable the Indian Navy 
and Public Departments to be supplied with good Coir cordage. 
The Collector of Mangalore was to supply the Maldive, proba- 
bly Laccadive Coir, at thirty rupees per candy, and three rupees 
for boat freight to Bombay. 
