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APPENDIX I. 



The Kaylali, which, is the standard, varies from 5 lbs. 

 to 8 lbs., according to the grain or pulse measured. In 

 parts of the Benadir it is a little more than half that of 

 Zanzibar, and expresses only 2.50 Kibabahs. The Farrah 

 also is of many different capacities ; it is generally a jar 

 whose capacity is determined by its contents in Kaylahs. 



The currency at present is — 



8 Pice = 1 Anna (in India 4 pice) here a nominal 



coin = 3 if/. 

 2 Annas = 1 Tumni {^d.). 



26 Pice = 1 Pistoline, or small Robo. 



32 Pice = 1 Robo (Ruba' kirsli, quarter dollar = 



1.9. l\d.). 



10 Annas (4 Robos, 



or 12S Pice) = 1 Riyal or German crown = 4.?. 2^/. 



(here equal to the Spanish dollar). 

 9 5 dollars = 1 Half-doubloon. 



18 or 10 dollars = 1 Doubloon. 



German crowns or Maria Theresa (the standard coin) 

 now becoming rare, the following coins have been declared 

 legal tenders at the rates here specified. 



The gold ounce = Maria Theresa $15.00 



English sovereign 4.75 



Gold Napoleon (20 francs) 3.75 



„ (10 francs) l.^ths 



„ (5 francs) 



Silver 5 -franc piece 0.94 pice 



Indian rupee 0.47 



Formerly the Austrian Maria Theresa, coined at 

 Milan, known as Girsh Aswad (black dollar), was the 

 only legal tender. Its weight should be grammes 28.098. 

 The Spanish or Pillar dollar, called Girsh Abyaz (white 



with my observations. The latter race is not only tall and gaunt ; it 

 has also a peculiarly long and simian forearm : moreover, when cloth 

 is to be measured, the biggest man in the village is generally summoned. 



