1849.] 



Circar of Warimgul. 



quantity to supply the district, as they are imported. Cotton pa- 

 grees dyed with koosuni, indigo, or the bark of the mango tree, 

 which communicates to the cloth a dingy yellow, are made and sold 

 for 2 and 2 J rupees, and are 15 yards in length. An undyed cot- 

 ton pagree of the same size may be had for 1 to 1 J rupee. Dhotees 

 too are manufactured for 2 to 2 J Rs., and chintz rosaees for 2 Rs. 

 Sai^ees for young females are stamped and sold for 12 annas. Tut- 

 puttee of different qualities and strength, from 12 to 6 annas per piece 

 of seven yards, is likewise manufactured, and from it, when old and 

 unserviceable, a coarse paper is made. A bounty on the preparation 

 of which is granted, by the manufacturer being ranked among the 

 Khooshbash. 



The other manufactures in the Circar are tusser cloths at Hoosain- 

 purty — and Chilpore silks at Mutwarrah. Cotton cloths of all des- 

 criptions at Mutwarrah, Hunnumconda, Girmajeepet, Chintaguttoo, 

 Goodoor, Ramnahpett, Siampett, and Oopul. At Umballa cotton 

 shutrungees are manufactured and also at Mutwarrah — from 10 to 

 12 annas is paid. Y/ith the exception of the Warungul carpets al- 

 most all these manufactures are exclusively for home consumption — 

 and this very fact will explain how they are mostly of an inferior 

 description. The tusser cloth — although the cocoons are the produce 

 of the same insect as those of Bengal — bears no comparison in fine- 

 ness or durability with the tusser cloth manufactured there. The 

 silks are dearer, and the cottons of the sam.e price as those produced 

 nearer Hyderabad. 



There is nc large village, and but few middle sized throughout 

 the Circar, that has not some looms for the manufacture of the 

 coarser cloths. 



Particulars of the expenses of a piece of cadee (coarse cloth) 18 

 cubits long and 2 cubits in width — sale price from 14 annas to 

 1 rupee 2 annas. 



RS. A. p. 



90 pice weight of cotton (2 1 lb.) - - - - 0 0 lOJ 



Cleaning the cotton (Sathab's wages,) - - 0 0 1 

 Spinning the thread, - - - - - - 007^ 



Weavers' wages, - . _ _ , - 0 2 4 



0 3 IH 



Of such cloth the weaver can manage to weave five cubits a day, 

 so that his wages are a little more than seven pice a day. 



