Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 / Page 623 (Color Image)

0623	Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1

Articles of mercl andize conveyed from Eastern Turkestan to .British India.

		weight.		in		Cost of carriage and packing.			Price in Umritsur.			Profit. REMARKS.			Profit per cent.
	.		Rs.	a.	p.	Rs.	a.	p.	Rs.	a.	p.	Rs.	a.	p.
1.	Churas (Kashghar) ... ...	1 horse load...	112	0	0	76	0	0	300	0	0	112	0	0	59.5	1 horse load 2 maunds 32 seers.
2.	(Yarkand) ... ...	1 ditto ...	56	0	0	76	0	0	160	0	0	28	0	0	21.25
																The preparation of the Kashgha:
3.	Pashm (Kashghar) ... ...	1 ditto ...	112	0	0	76	0	0	225	0	0	37	0	0	29.5	churas is very superior to that of
																Yarkand, which is often adul.
4.	Skein silk of Khoten ...	1 charak ...	15	0	0	1	8	0	18	0	0	1	8	0	9	terated.
		(2 seers 10 chataks.)
5.	Carpets of Khoten ... ...	Per square yard	2	8	0	0	8	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	66.6	Mâmirân is tested by rubbing on a blue cloth which has been dyed
6.	&umdahs ... ... ...	Each ...	1	0	0	0	8	.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	33.3	with indigo; if it is of good qua- lity it should efface the color and
7.	Gilli flower ... ... ...	1 seer ...	3	0	0	0	8	0	5	0	0	1	8	0	42.7	leave a white mark.
8.	Mâmirân-i-Khitai ... ...	1„ ...	_ 0	8	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	100
																Yarkand gold sells in India per tola
9.	Turunjibil (gum) ... ...	1„ ...	0	10	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	33'3	at 15.8.
10.	Gold (of Khoten) ... ...	12 tolas 9 mashas	160	0	0				197	0	0	37	0	0	23.25
																The cost of carriage of gold is not
11.	Gold (of Yarkand) ... ...	11 „ 6 „	160	0	0				178	4	0	18	4	0	11.25	included : it is usually distributed by the merchant throughout his various loads.

Altimirân, a yellow root, a medicine for the eyes in Ilindoostan ; in Turkestan it is used to flavor food. Turunjibil (manna).

1 maund = 40 seers of 2lbs. each.

1 tola = 12 mâcha. 1 mâsha = 15 grains.

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