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OOTTBR; SODA INDUSTRY OF BIND. 



The returns of chaniho in recent years from Khairpur State are 

 difficult to Interpret. The unit of weight adopted is the mani. 



According to the Report of the Weights and Measures Committee, 



1913-1914, 1 mani is equivalent to 12 maunda (I maund ^82} lb.). 



[n the returns ol chaniho production obtained from the Khair- 

 pur State, there is however a footnote stating that "Each mani 

 contains about 9 maunds." I wrote to the Political Agent, Khair- 

 pur State, to ascertain the exact value of the mani in that state, 

 and received a reply from the Vazir, in which he says that " a mani 

 is held to be equivalent to maunds, as is noted in a foot-note. . . ." 



The Khairpur mani must then be regarded as equivalent to 9 

 maunds (1 maund— 82} lb.). 



I have on my files two sets of returns of chaniho from the Khair- 

 pur State. The first list accompanies a letter dated 2nd November 

 1918 to the Political Agent, Khairpur State, 1 but I am informed 

 by the Vazir, 2 that it was reproduced from a list accompanying 

 a previous letter dated the 25th October 191 7. 3 The second list 

 accompanies a letter to the Commissioner in Sind, and is dated the 

 16th January 1 918. ' It is therefore the later of the two lists, and 

 I am informed by the Vazir that the later list is the more accurate 

 of the two. I therefore reproduce the later list below. I have 

 given in column 2 the revised spelling of the ilhands adopted in this 

 .Memoir, and at the end of the table the totals in monies and in 

 maunds. 



Table 2LJL11. — Output of chaniho in Khairpur State from 7912-73 



to 1916-17. 



Name of dhand. 



Spelling in this 

 Memoir. 





1912-13 

 " nianies." 



4 



1913-14 



M DtantaB." 



1014*16 



M maiuVs.* 



1915-10 

 N nianies.** 



1916-17 



" nianies. ' 



White Bitiro . 



Achro Bitiro . 



. 







T.ahuri . 



Labor] . 



. 



4 



i . 



. , 







Dail 



Dail 



• 



159 





12 



. - 



70 



<-bara khanwala 

 Groat . 



Charakhanwaro 

 Wado. 



. 



•• 



8 



•• 



•• 



Ouloo Wali . 



Galu^rari 



-• 



•• 



160 





•• 



1 Lettor No. 3398, dated 2nd November 1918, from the Vazir of Khairpur to 

 the Political Agent, Khairpur State. 



2 Letter No. 1818, dated 17th Juno 1919, from the Vazir of Khairpur to mvsolf 

 : < Letter No. 3903, dated 25th OctoWr 1017, iron, the Khairpur State. 



4 Letter No. 255, dated 10th January 1918, from the Khairpur State to the 

 Commissioner in Sind. 



