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of articles in his shop, which were, he said, necessary to carry on the 

 business, and estimated the value at sixty rupees. 



4. — Kurahee, Flat iron vessels with handles in which sweetmeats are 

 boiled or fried. 



2. — Khoorpu, Iron instruments for scraping off sweetmeats from pans 

 and dressers. 



2. — Chutee, Iron ladles perforated like a colander through which sweet- 

 meats are forced with the wrist to give them a shape. 



2.— Khooruchnes, a large scoop or iron stiQvel with a spout. 



2. — Chumchu, large circular iron ladles. 



2. — Jhara chumuch, one large ladle, and one flat spoon, both of iron and 

 perforated like a colander, for making luddoo, a species of round comfits. 



10. — Brassplatters (Shake.) 



10. — Wooden platter ( Khooncha.) 



2. — Julebee ke turve, an iron oven with a hole in the middle for making 

 the sweetmeat called Julebee. 



2. — Large brass bowls (Kutorah) with bamboo ladles attached to them. 



2. — Small brass bowls. 



2. — Doa, Wooden spades for rubbing and mixing sweetmeats. 



2. — Belna Rolling pins. 



4. — Dressers or tables on which sweetmeats are laminated. 



2. — Table cloths on which Butasa, a kind of sweetmeat of a light 

 spongy texture, is made. 



2. — Sackcloth bags on which sweetmeats are laid in the shop. 



1. — Wooden stool. 



1. — Pair large scales. 



1. — Pair small ditto. 



Suyuds Ghoolam Shah,Yakoob Khan, and Ulee Ukbur Shah are wealthy, 

 possess landed property, and keep domestics who live in their house ; and 

 there are also three Suhokar (great merchants) in Roree, who keep ser- 

 vants to fetch wood and water and cook their victuals. They get 3 or 4 

 rupees a month, and food once a day from their employers' mess. None 

 of the other merchants and tradesmen keep servants, and journeymen who 

 work for their masters in the day time return to their own dwellings at 

 night. 



Madhoo Rae Chhutree, formerly Moonshee of the deceased Prince 

 Meer Sohrab, resides in Roree. He received a stipend of 120 rupees a 

 year and 8 khurwars of grains, but on the death of his patron, his son and 

 successor, Meer Roostum, threw the Chhutree into prison and extorted from 

 him the sura of 3,000 rupees under pretext that he was guilty of peculation 



