1841.] Trade between Shikarpore fy Candahar. 15 



rupees per lb. ; it is used in dyeing silks, and also brought to 

 Shikarpore from Bombay. 



24. Bhojgund (name not known) from Khorassan — price 14 to 15 



rupees per md. ; annually about 70 maunds ; in great request, 

 and used as a dye to silks. 



25. Gooljileel (name not known) from Khorassan — price 15 rupees 



per md. ; annually about 80 mds. ; used as a green dye to silks. 

 The following, though appertaining to Cutchee, are inserted here, 

 as they are products of that country, and imported into the Shikarpore 

 market : 



26. — Alum from the hilly country of Cutchee, annually about 200 



mds. — price 8 rupees per md. 

 27. — Khunzul, Colocynth, bitter apple, grows as a perfect weed all 

 over the plains of Cutchee, and to be purchased at Shikarpore 

 7 or 8 per one pice. 

 28. — Saltpetre can be manufactured in Cutchee and other parts of 

 the country in any quantity required ; value at Shikarpore 6 

 rupees per md. 

 29. — Sulphur produced in the Murree and Boogtie hills, where are 

 mines which deserve attention; about 10 or 12 mds., are brought 

 annually to Shikarpore, where it is valued at 4 rupees per md. 

 30. — Khar, a kind of potash, produced by the incineration of the 

 Lye, or tamarisk, and other salt shrubs ; it is in great use in 

 scouring, dyeing, &c. and worth 1 rupee per 1J md. at Shikar- 

 pore, 10 or 12,000 mds. are brought in yearly. 

 The prices of the above articles include all duties, and few of them 

 are exported beyond Khyrpore, or the Sindh territories. About four 

 Caravans arrive annually, and the profit on this branch of the trade 

 is about 10 per cent. 



The trade from Shikarpore to Candahar in British manufactures 

 consists principally of the articles hereafter enumerated, and the present 

 profits, aty expences paid, are at least 50 per cent, between the two 

 places, notwithstanding the double rate of Camel hire, (52 rupees) 

 consequent upon the demands of our troops. As the present state 

 of the Candahar market, however, may not be considered a fair cri- 

 terion, or average of the profits of the trade, I may mention, that these 



