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Statistics of the 



[No. 37, 



Measures of The standard seer of the city weighs 82 Hyderabad 

 capacitj. rU p eeS} whose relative value is thus shown : 



82 Hyderabad rupees=l seer; 40 seers=l maund ; 3 maunds= 

 1 pulla, 



In a former communication I find I was erroneous- 

 Standard Seer. ^ informed as to the weight of the city seer, in 

 stating it to have been 84 rupees ; whereas that was the weight 

 used in the bazars of the British cantonment. On weighing the 

 standard seer I found it to be but 82 rupees or two ounces, 

 six drams less than two English pounds avoirdupois, calculating 

 the average weight of the Hyderabad rupee at 173'56, The plan 

 that appears most general in the bazars is to purchase by the 

 larger camp seer of 84 rupees, and sell by the lesser or kucha one 

 of 82 rupees, 



The seer for selling ghee and metals is but 80 rupees ; another 

 table of measures of capacity divides the pulla as follows : 



16 cbeetaks=l seer; 5 seers— 1 punseera; 8 punseeras— 1 maund; 

 8 maunds=l pulla. 



' ,„ !iT ~ , Grains and all descriptions of articles are sold by 



Goldsmiths • 



Weight. these two measures, with exception of the Goldsmiths, 

 who have a particular system of weight of their own, which is the 

 following : 



2 grains of wheat— 1 goonj or ruttee ; 2 goonj = l waul; 4 

 wauls— 1 masha; 12 mashas=l tola. 



The agrarian measures appear to be involved in a 



Agrarian Mea- ° r r 



sures. similar state of confusion and uncertainty as the rest, 



and though a royal standard for measuring lands exists, I doubt much, 



from all I hear and see, whether it be ever employed. The. standard 



is made of teakwood, about an inch in breadth and 43 inches in 



length, and sealed with the seal of Mooneer-ool Moolk, Mooneer-ool 



Doula Bahader, this is the guz of Aurunerzebe and 

 Standard Guz. . 



there is marked upon it also akbars of 35 inches ; and 



the Ilahee guz of 29 inches, the length of one geerah, or three fin- 



gers' breadth, is also cut upon this standard, It is the larger guz of 



