Coast of Scindy.] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



Ill 



Duties, Presents, Sec. — The import duties are 2 per cent. The 

 following is a list of charges on a vessel sent from Bombay:— 



Boat-hire from the Bunder to Tatta with cargo, eacli boat ^Rupees 15 



Anchorage on coming over the bar * 25 



Presents to the Shabundars deputy in money and goods 42 



Ditto „™™« weigherman in ditto v W ~v^~v~~«»~v~ 28 



Ditto custom-house writers and servants ^v^^*^*^^ 45 



Sundry petty officers under Government, in money and goods 17 



The above, with various presents of glass-ware, muslins, cloth, 

 telescopes, &c. to the various people in office, amounted to upwards of 

 2,400 Bombay rupees. 



Coins. — Accounts are kept in rupees, carivals, and pice ; 12 pice 

 making a carival, and 50 carivals a rupee. Cowries are current in Scindy, 

 and are occasionally circulated here at 48 per pice. Bombay money and 

 other foreign coins pass here. There is a difference of 3 dwts. 14* grs. 

 troy between the weight of 100 gold Venetians at Judda and at 

 Bombay; viz. 



oz. dwts. grs. 



Weight at Judila 11 4 10} 



Ditto, at Bombay 11 0 20 



0 3 14J 



Weights. — Gold and silver are weighed by the tola, equal to 179 

 English grains nearly ; heavy goods by the maund, equal to 74 lbs. 5 oz. 

 7 dr. avoirdupois ; the divisions as follow : — 



Small Weights. Gross Weights. 



24 Moons make 1 Ruttee. 4 Pice make 1 Anna. 



6 Ruttees . lMassa. 16 Annas . 1 Pucca Seer. 



12 Hassan „ I Tola. || 40 Seers. . 1 Maund. 



Diamonds and pearls are sold by hubbas and ruttees ; 8 hubbas equal 

 to 1 ruttee, about 2 grains troy. 



Measures. — The measures for grain and cloth are as follow : — 



Grain- Measure. Long Measure. 



4 Puttoes make 1 Twier. 1 Garce equal to 2 in. English. 



4 Twiers 1 Cossa. 16 Garces I Guz ; but 



CO Cossaa 1 Carnal. | A Guz of Cloth at Tatta is 34 inches. 



The carival weighs 24 Cutcha seers. The carival of barley is 19 

 Pucca maunds ; of paddy, 20 Pucca maund s ; and of wheat, 22 Pucca 

 maunds, or 21 Bombay parahs. 



