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drticles of MercTandize conveyed from British India to Eastern Turkestan.

	Weight.		Cost price.			Cost of carriage and packing.	Duty at 2'5 per cent.	Price in Kashghar,			profit.			Profit. per cent.	• Rsueaxs
1. Long-cloth ... ... ...	Per than	4 seers	7	0	0	O~atv'~N OOO OOOt O000000000000000kpiP0001-,1-,GDOr01-+00r1.1-,00[00ta .—,.rN .■• L'J['J['Jl'vLvL'JN000 ODODODODODODODODODCOODODODODOD(POOO~PQ~O0000O)OW0NNI0N0DeP0D0,1"0 0000 OOOOOO 000000000000000000000000000000000000000		15	0	0	5	10	0		Item No. 22, the carriage
2. Linen ... ... ...	„	i.„	3	0	0			6	0	0	2	9	8		from Calcutta is included.
J. Dimity ... ... ...	,,	4 „	5	0	0			13	0	0	5	10	10
4. White Jaconet ... ...	„	1 „	3	8	0			6	0	0	1	13	6		Many of the prices indicate
5. Uncolored flowered muslin ... ...	,,	i „	2	0	0			4	0	0	1	10	5		a very large percentage of
6. Coarse sheeting ... ...	„	3 ,,	4	0	0			8	0	0	2	4	10		profit; but there are, of
7. Drill... ... ...	„	31j ,,	6	0	0			12	0	0	3	15	3		course, great differences
8. Unbleached long-cloth ...	„	3$ „	5	0	0			12	0	0	4	15	3		in the measure of success
9. Red Jaconet ... ...	„	lj i,	8	0	0			10	0	0	4	0	0		attending individual mer-
10. Turkey-red ... ...	„	14, „	6	0	0			16	0	0	8	13	8		chants, owing to the flue-
11. Colored Chintz... ...		2 „	4	0	0			8	0	Q	2	12	10		tuations of the market,
T2. Stamped cotton (imitation shawl) %	„	# „	1	2	0			2	0	0	0	11	3		and the degree of talent
13. Cotton velvet (coarse) ...	„	2 „	7	0	0			11	0	0	2	11	8		displayed by each indivi-
14. Flowered cottons (stamped) ...	„	t„	1	9	0			4	0	0	2	0	5		dual in rendering his
15. Broad-cloth ... ...	„	6 „	66 •	0	O			110	0	0	3S	4	0		goods acceptable to the
16. Alpaca ...... ...	„	2 „	20	0	0			40	0	0	18	0	0		retail dealers.
17. Flannel (cheap colored) ...	,;	2 ,;	22	0	0			47	8	0	23	5	0
18. Kinctab ... ... ... ...	„	1 „	80	0	0			110	0	0	26	12	0
19. Gwarnet (thin satin with gold flowers) ...	„	} „	80	0	0			100	0	0	17	2	0
20. „ plain..	„	i ,,	30	0	3			45	0	0	13	10	0
21. Enamelled leather (Lacci) goat skins ...	Per score,	4 „	8	0	0			25	0	0	12	6	0		1 seer is = 21hs. English,
22. Otter skins (Calcutta) ...	„	4 „	25	0	0			60	0	0	20	8	0		A large profit is realized
23.	,	8	60	0	0			140	0	0	72	8	0		on the sale of Manfl's
24. Tea, Green (Palumpore) ... ...	Per	seer	2	0	0			4	8	0	1	6	5		plumes from Kullu, these
25. Black (Bombay) ... ... „	„	1 ,,	I	0	0			2	6	0	0	13	1		being worn by women on
26. Gdla (Calcutta) ... ... „	„	1 „	0	8	0			2	1	0	1	0	2		the skull caps which are
27. Opium No. II (Kullu) ...		1 „ _	6	0	0			14	6	0	7	8	0	O v	usually worn inside the
28., „ No. I (Shahpore) ... ...	,	1 „	12	0	0			21	10	0	8	9	6		house.
'29- Indigo (Kodrja) ... ... ...	Per d'hurri,	5 seers	8	0	0			30	0	0	18	12	0
30. Black pepper ... ... ...	Per	1 seer	0	12	0			11	8	0
31. , Ginger ... ... ... ...	,,	1 „	0	5	0			1	3	0		w
32. Cardamoms ... ... ...	,,	1 PP	7	0	0			15	0	0		w
33. Nutmeg ... ... ... ...	„	1 „	1	6	0			6	0	0		cm
34. Long pepper ... ... ...		1 ,{	0	12	0			1	8	0		cl
35. Cinnamon ...	,,	1 „	0	6	0			1	8	0		q0t•-•
36. Turmeric .. ... ... ...	„	1 ,,	0	4	0			1	3	0		+. -1
37. Spices (Indiaft) . - ... ...	„	1 „	0	6	0			1	3	0		â
38. Preserves (Umritsur) ... ...	„	1 „	0	5	0			1	8	0		â
39. Mercury ... ... ..	„	1 „	3	0	0			6	0	0
40. Looking-glasses and small articles (nick- nacks) realize a profit of ..
41. Books in Persian and Arabic find a ready sale, and realize a profit of ..
42. Sugar,No. 1 ... ... ...	Per maund		13	0	0			60	0	0	23	8	0		There is a very smaII sale
43. „ No. 2 (Seharunpoor) ... ...	„		12	0	0			60	0	0	24	8	0		for arms, excepting when
44. „ No. 3 (ditto) ... ...			16	0	0			60	0	0	20	8	0		they are required by the
45. Guns, double-barrelled ... ...			22 .	0	0			80	0	0					Amir. Breech-loaders are
46. „ single do. ... ...			13	0	0			60	0	0					of little value and great
47. Rifles, M.-L. double-barrelled ... ...			100	0	0			140	0	0					finish is unnecessary.
48. „ B.-L. ditto ... ...								160	0	0					Strong single barrelled
49. Pistols, single barrelled ... ...			25	0	0			60	0	0	35	12	0		rifles M.-L. of the Enfield
50. „ double do. .. ...			30	0	0			75	0	0	42	6	0		pattern or game-keeper's
Revolvers ... ...			35	0	0			100	0	0	61	12	0		M.-L. guns are the most
Percussion Caps ,.. ... ...	Per 1,000		1	4	0			10	0	0	7	12	0		likely to be appreciated.

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