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district) is not of that superior variety which is used in Sind f(Jr 

 the preparation of pulse-cakes, and which is obtainable from the 

 Khairpur State. ?J 



The Sind Gazetteer notes that the purer chaniho from the Khair- 

 pur State is exported to Bombay. Mr. Thurley made enquiries 

 in the Karachi Bazaar, and writes ' Except for a negligible 

 quantity that is disposed of in Sind, the whole of the chaniho goes 

 to Bombay or Basra. How much to each of these two places I 

 cannot say." 



Tho export figures for chaniho from Karachi for the years 1915-16 

 and 1916-17 are given below : — 



Table XIV 





1915-10. 



1916-17. 



Exports to foreign countries 

 Exports to coast ports . 



Cwts. 

 7,483 

 7,036 



Rs. 



44,897 

 42,219 



Cwts. 

 5,723 

 11,885 



Us. 

 34,340 

 71,310 



Total 



14,519 



87,116 



17,608 



1,05,650 



Totals in Maunds 



Mds. 

 19,760 



... 



Mds. 

 23,964 



... 



Comparing these figures with those of production for the years 

 1915-16 and 1910-17, it is evident that over 63 per cent, of the 

 chaniho is exported, presumably mainly to Bombay and Basra. 



TT . f . 7 The uses of chaniho are stated in a letter 



Uses of chaniho. 9 . . 



'from the Assistant Commissioner in Sind to 

 be— 

 for washing and dyeing clothes ; 

 for hardening treacle ; 

 for converting sugar-cane into molasses ; 



in flavouring the preparation from tobacco called goorakho ; 

 and principally as a yeast in the preparation of papars or 

 pulse-biscuits to make them light, crisp, and digestible. 



1 Letter No. Exc. 396, dated 22nd Aug. 1917. 



