Calcutta.] 



ORIENTAL 



COMMERCE. 



Gold and Silver Weights. 

 4 punkos are equal to 1 dan or grain. 



4 dans... „ I rutty. 

 <J | rutties « 1 anna. 



8 rutties « I lnassa. 



10 miissas n 1 sicca weight 

 =179$ grains 

 troy ,or 6.5706 

 drs.avoirdu. 

 100 rutties * I tolah. 

 12$massas ■ 1 tolah. 



16 annas. « 1 tolah. 

 rutties „ I mohur. 



1 3. '28 massas ■ 1 mohur. 



17 annas. n 1 mohur. 

 The tolah is equal to 224.588 gr. Troy. 



Cloth Me a sure. 



3 jorbes make 1 angulla. 



3 angullas « I glieriah. 



8 gheriahs « I hautor cubit, 



= 18 inches. 



2 hauts 1 guz=l yard. 



Land Measure. 

 Land is measured by the baut, or cubit ; 



5 cubits long and 4 broad is 1 cluttack, 



equal to 45 square feet. 



16 chittacks ...make 1 cattah. 



20 cottahs * I biggah. 



SO jbiggahs » 1 English acre. 



40 biggahs * lMud.cawney. 



Liquid Me a sum:. 



5 sicca weight... make ...1 chittack. 



4 clu t tucks ... 1 pouah , or pice. 



4 pouahs 1 suer 



40 seers » ...1 maund. 



5 seers „ ...1 pussarec, or 



measure. 



8 measures „ ...1 bazaT maund. 



Grain Measure. 



5 chittacks make ...I koonkee. 



4 koonkecs „ ...1 raik. 



4 raiks 1 pally = 0^ 



lbs, avoir. 



20 pal lies « ...1 soallee, 



16 soallees 1 khajioon — 40 



maunds. 

 Lono Measure. 



3 grains ...... make ... I finger. 



4 fingers 1 hand. 



3 hands „ ...1 span. 



2 spans » ...1 arm or cubit 



= 18 inches. 



4 arms „ ...1 fathom. 



1000 ffcthoms 1 coss, or mile. 



which is one English mile, I furlong, 



3 poles, and 3 J yards. 



For Goods reckoned by Tale. 



5 particulars make 1 gunda. 



4 gundas, or 20 } < 1 koorjc, or 

 particulars I t corge. 



ARTICLES PftOCUKABLE IN BENGAL, WITH DIRECTIONS. 



Annotto is a dry hard paste, prepared from the seeds of a plant com- 

 mon in the East and West Indies ; the best is from the latter part, brownish 

 on the outside, and of a beautiful red colour within. It is generally in 

 lumps wrapped up in leaves. It has occasionally been brought from Bengal, 

 where it is prepared from the pulp of the seed-capsules of the Bira Orellana, 

 or Mitetla tinctoria ; the best specimens of which have been nearly equal to 

 the West India kind. The Society of Arts have offered a premium for the 

 importation of East India Annotto. 



