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APPENDIX 1. 



Ghee is sold by the eighth, quarter, or half Maund, or 

 Maund (3 lbs.). The Kiski, or earthen pot, contains from 

 50 to 52 lbs. Yegetables and manioc are sold by the 

 Pakhacheh (^^l^jj) ' package,' or bundle, which varies 

 greatly in size, according as the article is dear or cheap. 



Salt is thus sold — 



10 Kaylah (GO lbs.) = 1 Kandlia (a basket). 



17 Farasileh (of Cutch salt) = 1 Kandhi. 



22 Farasileh (Surat) = 1 Kandhi. 



Coffee is sometimes sold by the Farsalch of 7^ lbs., 

 because that is the Mocha weight. 



Dates are sometimes sold by the Farsalch of 70 lbs. 

 Cocoa-nuts by the 100 or 1000. 



Timber and hides b}^ the Kurjah, or score. Fuel in little 

 bundles. 



The following is a tariff of articles purchasable in the 

 bazar during the month of ^lay, 1857. The reader, how- 

 ever, is warned that the price of almost everything was 

 then exceedingly high. 

 Grains. 



Rice (Bombay best; 17 Gcnnaii crowns per Kaiidi, 

 Bengal It ,, „ 



Zanzibar best 1 flcniian crown per 5 Kaylali. 



„ 2nd quality I „ 5^ „ 



„ Ikd „ 1 „ ^ „ 



Mangalore I ,, „ 



Indian (red) I „ „ 7 „ 



Helens or Jowari (Ar. Durrah and Taain, Kis. Mtama, Ang. Kafir 

 Com)— 



Coast Grain 1 (jcrnian crown per 15 Kaylah. 

 Indian 1 „ „ 10 „ 



At harvest time even 130 Kaylah may be bought for 

 a dollar. 



