88 



Financial Account of the Pearl Fishery of 1G94. 



Dr. 



+ 



Expenses for tlie inspection of the pearl banks at 

 various times from the year 1607 (2nd Fishery) 

 to 169-1 ('<rd Fishery) as appears by the books 

 kept at Manaar 



To expenses incurred for the same purpose at 

 Tutucoryn, as appears by the commercial books of 

 that place and of Manaar 



Expenses at this fishery, namely, expense of soldiers 

 and sailors, lascoreens, cooly hire, arrack, 

 medicine, and sundry expenses of the Commis- 

 sioners according to their separate account 



Cost of 389|- free stones, which according to old 

 custom are not paid for — see separate account. 



To the Shroffs who counted and sorted the money 

 and prepared it for being paid over 



Clear profit ... 



Total 



Cr. 



Stones purchased in the fishery and paid for, namely :— 

 1,690 Christian stones paying 6|- Rds. each 



204 Gentoo do. do. 9 do. ... 



1,268 Moorish do. do. 11 J do. 



Customs formerly collected by the Topas-Moor of 

 Tuutcoryn, but now taken by the Company and held 

 at the disposal of the Governor and Council of 

 Colombo 

 201 Gentoo stones at 1 fanam each. 



1,014 Moorish do. 2 do. 



12 ounces, 17 angels, and 3 as of pearls gained from 

 oysters brought up by the divers of the Company 

 as Wally, sold for 



Sifting the sand where the pearls were laid 



134 ammonams of concealed arrack found in the 

 bushes and out-of-the-way places at 6 Rds. the 

 ammuna 



Deduct two-thirds given to the discoverers of the 



till 1 iLC* lv • I • • • a i i ■ • ■ a aii • •• 



FLORINS. 



6,767 16 5 



2,493 1 11 

 9,260 18 



RSDS. 



1,709 

 3,3014 

 40 



: 5.217 



= 9,905 



= 120 

 63,057 



13 



5 





 13 





 



The amount of the rent of the ' change, ' of the bazaar, 

 and of the clothes shop, viz. : — 



The ' change' ... 



The Bazaar 



The Clothes 



florins 87,561 9 



bixdollars. 



1,^00 



137 



31 



10,985 



1,836 



14,2424 



1,668 



27,0634 



20^ 

 202| 



180 

 25 



222^ 



205 



82£ 

 55 



Total ... Rds. 29,187^ 



or fl 87,561 9 



Thus drawn up in the Fishery to the S. of Aripo, 7th May 1694. 



(Signed) FLOWS BLOM, 



( „ ) A. BERGAIGNB, 



( „ ) D. DE CHAVONNE3. 



