OF KAMAON. I9I 



FurrucJcahad rupees. A few old Furruclcabad and Barelly rupees are to be 

 met with in circulation, as also Mahendar Mullees, a Gorlcha coin, which 

 passes for six annas. The copper coin is pice, I76 of which equal one Fur- 

 ruckahad rupee : cowrees are not used. In Gerhwal, in addition to the above, 

 there is a three anna piece called Timashi, which is a favorite coin there. 

 Under the former government, a mint for stamping the Timashi, existed 

 at Srinagar : this has now been abolished, and this description of mo- 

 ney having, in consequence, become scarce, has been greatly enhanced in its 

 nominal value. Five only, instead of six, as formerly, are now procurable for 

 the new Furruclcabad rupees, the intrinsic worth is not much above two annas. 

 The current rupee of account, throughout the province, is ihe same, being 

 equivalent to 12 annas, new Furruclcabad rupees. Gold coins are merely 

 purchased for their metal, for making ornaments ; a Calcutta sicca gold 

 mohur sells, in the market here, for 19 new Furruclcabad rupees, and other 

 gold mohurs in proportion. The Tartar gold does not fetch more than from 14 

 to 15 rupees the tola. In Gerhwal, copper, in weight, would appear to have 

 been once the principal medium of exchange. This circumstance, no doubt, 

 arose from that metal forming the staple commodity of the country. In 

 adherence to old usages, the Zemindars of Gerhwal, even now, 'in many of 

 their contracts, stipulate a part of the price in a given weight of copper, but 

 as this is no longer plentiful, the whole amount is paid in silver coin. 



Grain, salt, and such articles are sold chiefly by measures of capacity. In 

 Kamaon, the measure in use is the nalt, equal to about two seers of 83 

 Furruclcabad sicca weight ; fifteen nalis make one perai, and twenty nalis' 

 make one rini. In Gerhwal, the iialt^ there called patha, is subdivided 

 into manas. 



Thus, 4 Manas — 1 Patha. 

 16 Pathas =: 1 Dhon. 

 20 Dhon = 1 Khari. 



