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On the Statistics of Dukhnn. 



The anciont grain and liquid mcaMiirs of Eiiol;ina w.m-p raised from 

 weiglit from a pound tro\-. For a vt^ry long p. riod I h ul hrliovcil ihe 

 measures of cap u ity in Dukhnn to be oniiroly arbilraiy : bill in the 

 soudiem pan of (ho country between (ho Seena and th.« B. ema rivers, 

 Imelwith Adholecs \\\\\\ stamps on them, direeting tiiat Ihey shoidd eon- 

 tain a certain weicrht of grain: for instance, at runderpoor I he J<!holr* 

 was to contain as much /oAr GmAoo/j (wheat), as would weigh •200 An- 

 koosee rupees, at Mohol IGO rupees' weight of Joarc^e {Jn<lropo;/(m .Vor- 

 ^//Mm), at Taimbournee 1;U rupees' weight of Joaree, and at Kolhool, 

 near 10 Ahmednuggnr, 200 Ankoosee rupees' weight of Bajree (Pmii- 

 cum spicatumj. 1 know not whether this slight indication of systematic 

 deduction of measures of capacity from those of weiglit is attributable to 

 the Moosulinans or to the Hindoos. Thc])laces where they were met 

 with, with one exception, liad until recently, been for ages under a 

 Moosuhn\n government (the Nizam's), but it might iiavc been practised 

 before the arrival of the Moosulmans. It does not appear to hwc occur- 

 red to the natives to use the weight of water, as the least changeable 

 standard by which to fix the capacity of a measure. 



Armi/. — The army consists of some of the royal troops paid by the In- 

 dia Company; of European regiments of artillery and infantry belonging 

 to the Company, and of native regiments of cavair}', infantry, and pioneers* 

 armed, clothed and disciplined in the same manner as the European 

 troops. The army is separated into divisions commanded by General 

 Officers and Brigadiers-General, and the divisions are divided into bri- 

 gades, which are so statione I as toco-operate in the readiest and most 

 eflScient manner in emergencies, for the protection of the country and 

 the maintenance of the civil power. 



Justice. — Not having been able to get blank forms filled up at the 

 India-House with the necessary data respecting crimes and punishments, 

 I abstain from any notice of judicial matters. — Report of the Seventh 

 Meeting of the British Association for the advancement of Science. 



