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Statistics of the 



[No. 37, 



knife called a tunkee, the gold leaf is then applied and fixed by- 

 pressure. The instrument used for burnishing is of steel and called 

 a mera. There are 16 houses in this business, employing about 50 

 people. 



. . Glass bangles are not made here, but imported in 



Lac Bangle ma- - . . 



\Vaia Funnee l ar ge quantities principally from Kandesh. Lac ban- 

 gles are manufactured by four houses. Two Hin- 

 doos and two Mahomedans ; they obtain their supply of Lac from 

 Oomrawtee, and the tin foil used for coating them from Bombay ; 

 a man can make 100 bangles a day which he sells to the dealers 

 for 8 annas, who retails them again at 1 pice a pair ; a man's wages 

 for working is 9 pice a day. The Punnee walas prepare their co- 

 lored tin foil in the following manner : they melt a quantity of 

 gunda biroza in a vessel over the fire and according to the colour 

 required, mix in either verdigris for green, lac for red, or huldee 

 for yellow, it is then poured into a cloth and tied up in a bag, the 

 foil to be colored, is laid flat upon a heated anvil, and the bag con- 

 taining the gunda beroza pressed across the surface, which, melting, 

 affords a varnished coating, these colored foils sell for 100 leaves a 

 rupee. 



Potters There are 65 people employed in making glazed 



earthenware : who have others to assist them, generally 

 members of their own family, besides these potters, there are two 

 houses, that paint platters, cups, and hooka bowls, with colored 

 lac to resemble china ; the pipes for conveying water are made only 

 by one individual, who has the privilege as a hereditary right and 

 pays 12 rupees a year to Government for the permission. 



Hire of Artifi- The wages of artificers vary very much : the daily 

 cers * hire of a carpenter being from 4 to 8 annas. Sawyers 



are paid by piece work, as, for instance, a knot of teakwood, 100 rus- 

 mee guz in length and 6 tussoos in depth, costs 5 rupees ; for gi- 

 ree, or other woods, 6 rupees. Smiths charge from 6 to 8 annas a 

 day for their hire. Bricklayers from 4 annas to 5 annas. Tailors 

 from 4 annas to 8 annas. Chucklers by the work done. Bearers 5 to 

 7 rupees a month. Camel men 6 to 8 rupees- Horse-keepers 3 to 6 

 rupees. Malees 4 to 6 rupees. Cooly labourers 3 to 4 rupees, and 

 cooly women 4 pice a day. 



