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to form fine paper, and three days to form a coarse kind, 18 or 20 days 

 are required to convert a mun of hemp rope into paper, which gives sixty 

 large quires of twenty four sheets to a quire, each measuring 22 inches 

 by 18; or one hundred small quires measuring 20 inches by 12; supposing 

 the assertion of the manufacturer to be true, that to convert a mun of rope 

 into paper costs him twenty rupees, he derives a profit of 25 rupees. 



Rs. A. P. 

 One mun of hempen rope to make paper of the best quality,. . 6 8 



Wages of Workmen, 9 80 



Lime at 50 seers per rupee, 10 



Two seers of khar (alkali ) at I pys per seer, 02 



Polishing 60 quires at 1 ana per quire, 3120 



Alum, 10 



Rs. 19 14 2 



The manufacturer sells a quire of large paper of the best quality when 

 polished at 12 anas, and unpolished at 10 anas ; sixty quires at 12 anas 

 per quire give Rs. 45. 



Five quires of paper made in another factory, sold for a rupee, and were 

 the produce of three and four layers of stuff; the machinery and ap- 

 paratus were similar to those 1 have described, but not so expensive, and 

 the manufacturer had less capital than his neighbour. The pounding 

 pit had a single stone at the bottom over the spot where the hammer 

 descended, the rest of it was covered with planks to prevent the stuff 

 mixing with earth, and the sides faced with brick ; the pounding pit, 

 hammer, and shed, cost together 80 rupees. 



There was only one reservoir lined with mortar measuring nearly two 

 feet square and 2\ feet deep, into which the stuff was thrown after it was 

 removed from the beating pit j 



Us. A.P> 



It cost, 5 00 



The branch frame for taking up the stuff, t g q 



Fine mat to place upon the frame, mu q 4 q 



Board on which the paper is polished, 60 



The shop which held the vat, 32 00 



Lever, Hammer, and supports, 2l 



*»*• 18 



Polishing stone, earth pots, and strings, . , % q 



Scissors and chopper, 2 00 



Rs. 79 10 

 3 p 



