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No. 5. Is a finer kind, made of lighter coloured wool. The sizes 

 the same. 



No. 6. Is called " Puttoo Koork-i" it is from Herat, Beerjund, and 

 Seistan. The best however is produced in Cabul. The foreign duty 

 on this is ~* but in Kohundil Khan's time it amounted to j besides the 

 various taxes on the road. It is in most demand among Hindoos. 

 It is washed after being woven, to swell the threads and give it a thick 

 and soft feel. 



The size is 4 to 5 yards long, by J to f yard wide, at 1 2 Co's. Rupees 

 per piece. 



No. 7. This is the commonest colour, and the wool abundant. It is 

 made at Candahar, Cabul, and Herat. It is also called " Puttoo 

 Koork-i ;" each puttoo is made of two pieces, stitched longitudinally 

 together, of the following sizes — 



Largest size, 3 ft. 10^ ins. wide, by 4 yds. 2 ft. 6^ in. long. 



Smallest size, 3 ft. 10 ins. wide, by 4 yds. 2 ft. long. 



A puttoo consequently, of the largest size, is 2 yards 1 foot 9^ inches 

 wide, by 4 yards 2 feet 6^ ins. long. 



One of the second size, is 2 yards 1 foot 8 inches wide, by 4 yards 2 

 feet in length. 



These are the outside sizes. 



The price of the first size was formerly 13^ Co's. Rupees, or 18 

 Candaharees, now it sells for 24 Candaharees. 



The price of the second size was formerly 12 Candaharees, but is 

 now up to 14 to 17 Candaharee rupees. t 



No. 8. "Puttoo Koork-i" This wool is scarce, and is collected from 

 all districts, Cabul, Herat^ Beerjund, &c. There is difficulty in procuring 

 it, as the goats are usually dark coloured. The cloth manufactured 

 in Cabul is reckoned the best, and that from Herat the worst. The 

 cloth made at Candahar, during the sway of the Sirdars (of which the 

 accompanying No. 8 is a specimen) sold at 10 Candahar rupees per 

 puttoo, or shawl of 2 yards 2 feet 9 inches wide, by 4 yards 2 feet 5^ 

 inches in length. 



All puttoos vary from ^ to f yard wide by 4 to 10 yards long. No. 

 8 is an article of export to Scindh and Khilat. 



* N.B. — The duties now levied on all merchandise are thus: — Foreign -. } Home 



made *-> transit duty in or out, on all goods Home or Foreign — 

 100 300 



f N.B. Candahar rupee, or 12 annas, Company's. 



