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No. 9.— -For his great piety he is universally known as the emblem of 

 Brohasputtee. Maladies cease by the touch of his foot, and he is 

 beneficent to all. 



No. 10.— Illegible. 



No. 11.— Those who daily read these praises of Eknaut, would meet 

 with prosperity, and be preserved by the deity Janandhun, who af- 

 flicts the wicked. 



In an accompanying Appendix will be found a list of the whole of 

 the religious buildings both Hindoos and Mahomedans, none of which- 

 are of any note, but the shrine of Moulana Mouza, a Mahomedan 

 saint of great repute, whose good offices are more particularly in re- 

 quest for ventures at Sea. 



The Jhains have a temple in the suburbs, containing the twenty- 

 four Tirthenakara, associated with one or two Brahminical deities. 

 Education There are eight Schools for instructing in Mahratta - r 

 at which 176 pupils attend, the Schoolmasters re- 

 ceive a monthly stipend of about three Rupees and a half ; the. num- 

 ber of persons able to read and write, are 933, or very nearly a fourth 

 of the male adult population. 



Manufactures. 



The chief manufactures of the town consist of woven silk and 

 cotton, fabrics, either alone or mixed. This trade was once in a 

 flourishing condition, but has now dwindled down to a shadow of its 

 former self, and is still further declining. The principal articles im- 

 ported in 1847 are the following. 



Turbands of cotton material finished with a border of gold thread, 

 the number of which were, 18,291 arid their declared value Ru- 

 pees 1,28,835, As. 11. 



Dooputtas. — A beautiful article of mixed manufacture the warp be- 

 ing cotton. Elegant flower patterns and devices are wove in it, with 

 gold and silver thread, and coloured silks; their individual value 

 varying from 30 to 1,000 Rupees, 3,042 were exported, their declared 

 value amounting to Rupees 1,00,367, As. 4. 



Shaho. —Cotton cloths with gold thread borders, six and seven cu- 

 bits long, and two and a half broad ; number were 299, and their 

 declared value Rupees 15,393. 



Khun. — An article for female dress, of mixed materials, with gold 

 thread bordering, exported 197f> their declared value being Ru- 

 pees 1,070, As. 1. 



