Calcutta.] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



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auction at two annual sales at Calcutta, in December and February. It is 

 usually about 4000 chests. 



The trade in opium is liable to be affected by many contingencies, not 

 only from adverse seasons, but by the state of the markets to the eastward, 

 winch fluctuate considerably. The superior advantages of the agency 

 system, and the measures resorted to for securing the provision of the drug 

 pure and unadulterated, have proved of essential service. 



The Bengal opium is distinguished in commerce into two kinds, Patna 



and Benares ; the former is most esteemed- 

 There is another kind of India opium, which is less esteemed, produced 



in considerable quantity in the province of Malwa; it usually fetches little 



more than half the price of Patna opium. 



The quantity of opium exported by sea from Calcutta, in 1821, was 

 4337 chests, of which 3137 were to China and Macao, 632 to Penang and 

 Eastward, 420 to Java, the rest in small quantities to various parts. 



In spite of the regulations which forbid the importation of opium into 

 China, the supply is as large as ever ; even the functionaries appointed to 

 exclude the drug, being as anxious as others to obtain it. 



Piece-Goods are manufactured of innumerable qualities and dimensions 

 in almost all parts of the country under this Presidency, and arc distinguished 

 by various names, according to the fabrics,and the places where manufactured. 

 The following are the names of a few of the numerous kinds, and the places 

 where made. 



Baftaa, at Patna, Tanda, Chittagong, Allahabad, Beerbhoom, Koirabad, 

 and Luckipore. 



CossaSy at Tatna, Tanda, Allahabad, Johannah, Hurrial, Santipore, 

 Mow, and Lucknow. 



Dorea*> at Chunderconnali, Tanda, Dacca, Santipore, and Hurripaul. 



Atammoodie&t at Tanda, Allahabad, Koirabad, Johannah, and Lucknow. 



Mulmuls, at Dacca, Patna, Santipore, Ghazipore, Midnapore, Cos- 

 sijirah, and Malda. 



Sannoes, at Tanda, Allahabad, Johannah, Mow, and llalasorc. 



Terriudams, at Dacca, Santipore, Casmahbad, Baddawl, andllurripaul. 



Piece-goods form the staple commodity of Bengal, from whence they are 

 sent to all parts of India, to the United States of America, and to all parts 

 of Europe. The following arc the kinds imported into Great Britain, with 

 the number of pieces allowed to a ton. 



