142 ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [Bombay. 



By a general order, 12th of December, 1821, the pay of the troops in 

 the Presidency is regulated according to the following table of the value of 

 the contiguous currencies. 



Names of tha different Loml Currencies. 



Rite per l«l Bombay Rupee* 

 nt whkh tu bt If sued. 



C bandore rupees 104 



Chinchore ditto 104 



Broach, new ditto 105 



Baroda Babasye ditto 109 



Cam bay ditto 119 



Ahmedabnd sicca ditto, latest currency 1818... 107 



Cutch Cowrie 375 



Kissoor Shapoory 109 



Goa rupee 113 



Govind Busksh's sicca, or Aurungubad rupee ...123 



Ougrin ditto 100 



Indore ditto 102 



Persian ditto 109 



New Persian ditto ..123 



Spanish dollars I ( K 



German crowns 46 



Venetian (sequin) 21 



Gubber (Dutch ducat) 21 



Weights.— The English weights being in common use here, and at all 

 the other Presidencies, the following account of their relative proportions 

 may be found useful 



The two principal weights established in Great Britain, are the 

 avoirdupois and troy weights ; the last is again divided into diamond and 

 money weights ; the grain is understood to be a grain of wheat, gathered in 

 the middle of the ear. 



AV0!B.m;P0I8 WEIGHTS. 



3 scruples make 1 dram 



16 drams 1 ounce 



16 ounces .. 1 pound 



28 pounds . I quarter 



4 quarters , I Cwt 



20 Cwt 1 ton. 



Comparison between Troy and 

 Avoirdupois, 



175 troy lbs. ...make 144 avoir, lbs. 



175 troy ounces » .192 avoir, oz. 



1 troy lb * 5760 grains 



1 avoir, lb.... « 7000 grains 



1 avoir, or... « 437$ grains 



1 troy oz. ... m 4S0 grains. 



Tkoy Weights. 

 24 grains make 1 penny wt. 



20 penny wts.... i 1 ounce 



12 ounces ,< 1 pound. 



The moncyers have a peculiar sub- 

 division of tbe grain troy, thus : 



21 blanks make 1 per tot 



20 periots « 1 droit 



24 droits » 1 mite 



20 mites « 1 grain. 



Diamond Weights 

 Are carats, each carat being divided 

 into 4 grains, or 64 parts. The ounce 

 troy contains 150 such carats; therefore 

 this carat is 3} grains troy ; hence 5 

 diamond grains are equal to 4 gold grains. 



