1841.] Roree in Khypoor. 485 



Ruchee. Four thin sticks set upright and connected by cot- 

 ton threads and forming part of the heddles, 40 



Cotton threads to form the heddles for suspending the ruchee, 



and lay cap to the shop roof, 2 



Ponsur. Two round sticks attached to the ruchee aud sus- 

 pended in the pit, . . . . , 2 



Two wooden treadles, 2 



Duna. Horizontal beam or yard roll on which the ends of 



the warp are wound, 1 



Post to which the yard roll is fastened by a rope, 04 



Rope of date leaves, 6 



Nar or shuttle of taree wood, the only part of the machine 



that is formed neatly, 80 



Iron reel or needle, f 



Sipee. A thin plate of blunt iron 2§ inches long and 1| 



inches wide for scraping the woof, 20 



Buhla. A piece of leather paid with the hand under the 



woof wheu it is scraped, 4 



Iron pincer to pick off rough threads from the surface of the 



silk, 2 



* Rs. 3 14 



A weaver earns four anas (six pence) a day, and will finish a piece of 

 silk 24 yards long and li inches wide in a month. The manufacturer's 

 profit is from 3 to 5 rupees. 



A piece of Duryaee 24 yards long and 11 inches wide manufactured of 

 Shalbafee or Nuwabee silk from Toorkistan, costs : — 



Orange colour 12 rupees or 8 annas a yard. 

 Blue 11 do. or 7 do. do. 



Yellow and green 10 do. or 6 do. do. 



Raw undyed silk thread imported from Persia and Toorkistau sells in 

 the bazar at 16 or 17 rupees the seer, and | or § of a seer are required to 

 weave a piece 96 yards long and 1 1 inches wide. The import duty on 

 undyed silk thread is 1 rupee per seer and \\ ana extra on thread dyed at 

 Shikarpoor or elsewhere in Sind. 



The dyer's charges are : — 



For reddish-brown or orange colour, formed by safflower (the dried 

 flowers of the Carihamus Tinctorius), 2| seers per rupee. 



For blue, formed by Indigo, 1 seer per 2j rupees. 



For green, formed by Indigo with gooljuleel (mettilet,) 3 seers per rupee 



For yellow, formed by gooljuleel. 3 seers per rupee. 



