256 On Tabular Returns of [No. 111. 



acquainted with the purposes to which indigo is applied,* and the low 

 The process of manu- ebb to which the monetary relations of the mass 



facture could not fail to 



produce other than the of the people of the north were reduced, lmmedi- 



^^b^S'nt ate] y P revious t0 the influx of British enterprise 

 ver used. The pfeces of and British capita i. When the operation of these 



Indigo are seldom larger r r 



than a sparrow's egg, and powerful, and hitherto never-failing propellants to 



yield a very dingy co- r 



lour compared with that prosperity shall have come into full play, it may 



manufactured by Euro- ,. . . .- . J . . . x , ,. 



peans. The average reasonably be hoped that articles, whether mdi- 

 Snd/l\to S ut e nin4 r genous to Europe or Asia, of European manufac- 

 ru P ees - ture, will be consumed in preference to those which 



are produced from the rude and primitive machinery of India. 



The other articles of export in country produce, with the exception 

 of Gotah kenarre, scarcely merit particular mention, as they are so 

 trifling ; but it may be reasonably expected, that as the productions of 

 British India become better known, they will be appreciated, there- 

 fore more extensively consumed. Already the use of lac is being 

 understood, and I am aware of several merchants having carried 

 samples of it with them, that they might regulate the supply by the 

 demand. 



Gotah kenaree, (gold and silver tissues,) will, I am assured, in 

 time be extensively sought after. The chief — possibly only — places 

 of manufacture are Lucknow and Delhi ; the latter especially.t It 

 is impossible to ascertain precisely the quantity exported, as from 

 its great value, every expedient is resorted to, and it is said successfully, 

 to smuggle it. 



As pertinent to this subject, it is worthy of remark, that in 1837, 

 several camel loads of spurious lace were stopped, which were crossing 

 the line, packed in bundles bearing the manufacturing mark of 

 Moscow. It had been brought from Cabool, and had been sent to the 



* There are yet other reasons which militate against the purchase by 

 Afghans of indigo manufactured in the European method, the principal of 

 which is the compact pressure given by us to the article. This renders 

 necessary the employment of machinery to grind down the dye before 

 the colouring matter can be properly extracted, whereas the friable, uncom- 

 pact nature of the indigenously manufactured article, admits of its ready 

 solution in water. 



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f Benares has also, I think, an extensive manufacture of this article. 



