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ORIKNTAL COMMERCE. 



[Bombay. 



marked *' Stores and each cask or chest, shipped on the private account 

 of any of the officers, shall be marked with the name at length of the person 

 to whom it belongs ; and such casks or chests as shall not be so marked, 

 shall be taken and deemed to be the property of the commander. In order 

 to ascertain the sums to be charged, as hereafter mentioned, before the 

 respective accounts shall he adjusted and passed the Court, the arrack and 

 other spirits received into the warehouse, shall be the first private trade 

 articles put up to sale by each ship. 



Should those marked " Stores" be refused to be bought, or not sell for 

 a sum equal to the King's and Company's duties, the difference shall be 

 charged to the owners in their account of freight and demurrage. 



Should those marked with the name of the respective officers of the 

 ship, or those deemed to be the property of the commander, in the same 

 manner, sell for less than the duties before specified, the difference shall be 

 charged in their respective accounts of private trade; but should it so 

 happen that an officer importing arrack or other spirits, has not a sufficient 

 quantity of other goods to answer the deficiency arising as aforesaid, then 

 in that case such officer shall not be employed again in the Company's 

 service, until he has paid the amount of such deficiency into the Company's 

 treasury. 



The tonnage of arrack is calculated at 252 gallons per ton. 



Aurangoes are large beads formed from the rough cornelian, of vari- 

 ous shapes, barrel, bell, round : all are drilled. The barrel-shaped, cut 

 from the best stones, are from two to three inches long, and should be 

 chosen as clear as possible, whether red or white, having a good polish, 

 and free from Haws ; the bell-shaped are from one to two inches long, and 

 inferior in every respect, being made from very inferior stones, and of little 

 value. Considerable quantities were formerly imported ; but in consequence 

 of the abolition of the slave trade, the demand is now very trifling. 

 20 Cwt, of arrangoes are allowed to a ton. 



Awl, or morinda, is a tree of a middling size, growing on the Coast 

 of Malabar, and other parts of India, the root of which spreads, and strikes 

 into the ground three or four feet ; the trunk is used only for fuel. The 

 roots, which are Jong and slender, are used as a dye in many parts of 

 India; the colouring matter resides chiefly in the bark of the root. The 

 small twigs which contain little wood, bear a higher price than the larger 

 pieces; therefore the roots when dug up, are divided into three sorts, 

 coarse, medium, and fine : the coarse sells for about a rupee per maund, 

 the medium two or three, and the fine four rupees per maund. Indepen- 



