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sheet turned over on a heap, beside the workman ; from whence they 

 are taken away in their wet state, and fixed against the walls of the 

 house, both on the inside and out, for which purpose the walls are 

 kept very clean and smooth, an appearance which cannot but strike 

 strangers as they pass through the village, after having been accus- 

 tomed to the neglected state of native houses generally prevalent in 

 the Mahratta countr5^ When dried they are taken down, and rub- 

 bed over by the hand with thin paste, and again dried, after which it 

 undergoes a glazing process by means of a smooth polished stone, 

 being rubbed over the dried sheets upon the board, the form of which 

 is slightly concave. 



The better sorts of paper require a longer manipulation, than 

 the inferior kinds, the finest kinds of all take six months prepar- 

 ing. 



Remnants of tat-puttee cost 9 rs. to 12 rs. per pullah; old ropes, 

 that are used for the commonest description (shurbuttee) cost 3 rs. 

 per pullah. The soap is procured from Berar, and is bought at ru- 

 pees 30 per pullah ; the soda is procured from the Loonar lake and 

 costs 5 rs. 12 as. 9 p. per pullah. 



The quantity of soda, lime, and soap used, varies with the descrip- 

 tion of paper made. For the manufacture of a ream, for instance, 

 of the finer sorts, two seers and a half both of soda and lime, are re- 

 quired, and seven and a half seers of soap ; whilst for the common 

 kinds but one seer of soda and of lime, and but three seers of soap 

 are necessary. Eight seers of tat-puttee is the quantity required for 

 making a ream of paper. 



The expense of labor employed upon the better kinds of paper, as 

 the Bahadoor Khana, is as follows for one ream : 





ES, A. 



p. 



Eigkt seers tat-puttee, 



. 0 8 



6 



Pounding the tat-puttee, 



1 3 



0 



Goap, - - . . . 



= 1 13 



0 



Soda and lime, 



0 2 



0 



Washing, - - - - = 



= 0 12 



0 



Making into paper, 



0 4 



6 



Drying and cutting, = - - 



- 0 3 



0 



Glazing and pasting, 



0 9 



0 





Eupees..,5 7 



0 



