Madras] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



2*5 



Rule. — As the touch of gross weight 

 Is to the out4um ; 

 3b is the standard touch (91!) 

 To the standard fineness. 



EXAMPLE. 



Touch of Grw WAght. Out-turn. Statvtttrd Tpncfi. Slandttnl FinrwiM. 



iv. dwu. grs. o*. dirts, gn. 



30 5U7 .0.5 91 § U8S . 13 . 3^ 



Thus: 



5447 .0.5= 9614565 X 3 X SO ) 



\= 855675ft 



Di| X 3 ) 



Weights. — Pearls are valued, as at Bombay, by two kinds of weight, 

 real and nominal. The former they are weighed by, and are sold by the 

 latter. The real weight is the mangelin, which is divided into 16 parts, and 

 is equal to 6 English grains. The nominal weight is the chow, which is 

 divided into 64 parts, and is deduced from the mangelin thus : — 



Rule. — Square the number of mangelins, and divide three-fourths of 

 this product by the number of pearls. The quotient is the number of ehow. 



The great weights are the pagoda, pollam, seer* vis* maund, and candy, 

 thus divided : 











lbs. 



oz. 



10 Pagodas...... 





...1 



Pollam = 



i avoirdupois 0 



"1 







...1 



Seer 



0 



10 



5 Seers 





...1 







2 

 0 

 0 









Maund 









... 1 





The Malabar weights are these 



1(3 Varabuns equal to 1 Pollam 



40 Pollams * 1 Visay, or Vis= .1 lbs. 0 oz. 3 <lrs. 



8 Vis h 1 Maund, or Manurign :=2Ubs. 2oz. 



20 Maunds „ ......I Bar uay, or Candy = 482 lbs. 4 on. 



20 Baruays * 1 Gursay, or Garce = 9 6 45 lbs. 8 oz. 



Gold and silver are sometimes sold by the pagoda weight, poising each 

 pagoda 2 dwts. 4.56 grs. troy. 



The following is a comparative view of the several denominations of 

 great weights used in various parts of India, with those of the Presidency 

 of Madras : — 



