A Guinea British standard.. 8 33 | A Star pagoda.... A nineteen sun sicca gold mohur.. .. . . . . A Bombay gold mohur.. A Hyderee hoon. These fanams contained in 100 parts 17.50 copper, and 29 of silver On the 10th February, 1802, the Bombay government ordered that coins of gold in the Mint should be of 94 instead of 92 touch, or in 100 parts, they should contain in future only 6 parts of alloy. Silver is commonly sold from 90 to 100 doganies, or single pice per tola, but computations in money are made by the fuddeas, or double pice. LONG MEASURE. 18 Inches, or tussoo... are 1 Heat or Cubit The English yard of 36 inches is in common use. N. B. Piece goods and a few other articles, are sold by the corge of 20 pieces. This serves for wheat and all grain, except rice or batty, which is sold by the batty measures, as follows: 4 Candy, or 25 Parahs. 1 Candy N. B. A bag of rice weighs 6 maunds, or 168 lb. and a candy is equal to about 25 bushels. SALT. Has a particular measure, as follows: 100 Baskets are òne anna, or 2 tons. 1500 Baskets, or 16 annas, one rash, or 40 tons. *d3 21 4 2 20 Munds... 1 Candy, or 6 2 Although the foregoing tables represent the commonly received standard of the gross weights at Bombay and Surat, it is not only impossible to lay down a rule whereby to judge what commodities in the market are separtely governed by them; but there is a great variety of articles, too numerous to distinguish here, in the sale of which the foreging relations do not obtain, particularly with respect to the Surat maund, which, notwithstanding it is said to contain only 40 seers, or 37 pounds, 7 ounces, and 6 drams, is sometimes 41, 2, 3, through all the intermediate gradations up to 46 seers: nor is the candy uniformly confined to 20 maunds; for example, pepper and sandalwood are sold by the Bombay candy of 21 maunds, and cotton, the great staple commodity of their market, by the Surat candy of 21 maunds. The coins of this country are only carets and commassees, which rise and fall according to the silver in them; but accounts are kept in dollars and cavears. 9.13 1 Vakia.......1. Beak. 87 Vakias.....100 Spanish dollars 7 4 73 MOCHA CUSTOM HOUSE WEIGHTS. 1 10 13.68 1 Bahaar is equal to 16 Bombay maunds, or 18 Madras maunds, or 12 maunds 15,124 seers of Surat, or 6 Bengal factory maunds 1,0672 14 Vakias is 1 rattle, and 2 rattle 1 maund in coffee. 290 Vakias is 1 frazil; and to all other goods, 15 vakias to a rattle.The rattle is only used in the bazar as well at Mocha as at Beetlefakee. 40 Kellas 1 Tommand, and weighs 168lb. in Rice. 16 Vakias.... LIQUIDS. 1 Nufieah 8 Nufieahs 1 Gudda, which is about 2 Gallons, or 18lbs. Cotton is sold per Harraffs, which are imaginary, and 9 Harraffs are 11 Mocha Dollars. 1 Ditto is......1 M. Dollar. .22 Cavears. The weights are seldom exact, and the smaller they are, the greater the difference, though they rectify them yearly by the weights of the Iman's Shroff 1 Rix Dollar is 60 light Stivers, or 64 paid on account of salary, &c... 0 2.5 0 0 7.5 O 1 3 O 3 1.5 0 5 0 0 8 1.5 0 5 0 1 Gold Ducat is 2 Rix Dollars 12 Stivers, or 18 Skills... 0 11 3 1 Japan Coopang, stamped, is current for 30 R. Dollars 7 10 0 *d 4 1 Catty... 100 Catties 1 Pecul.... 3 Pecul 1 Bahar... WEIGHTS. avoirdupoise. are equal to 16 Madros Maunds 1 Vis 24 Pollams. 1 Measure.... MEASURES. 46 Measures or 230 Gantoms... equal to 3066 2-3ds pounds avoirdupoise. 396 Ranns, are.............. 360 Ditto... . . 12 Thumbs or Inches, are. lb. oz. 1 4 135 O ..405 0 and 5 Gantoms . 1 Last, and is 1 Leager of Arrack. 1 Ditto of Wine. 1 Foot. 1 Ell. CANTON. There is but one piece of coin in China, which is made of base metal, called a cash; and is used to pay coolies, labourers, and for small payments in Bazar. 1. 0%. dr. 0 19.75 1 3 12 100 Tales should weigh... 100 Spanish Dollars.. 1 Grain Troy.... 1 Tale weighs.. 16 Tales are. JOO Catties... 25 Cantas of Sooloo. GROSS WEIGHTS. avoirdupoise.... 1 Pecul..... 133 5 5.28 .1 Pecul of Rice of 100 Catties. MEASURES. 10 Punts are 1 Covid, equal to 14.625 Inches. The finest gold among them is 100 touch, called Sycee, i. e. pure gold without alloy so that if a shoe of gold touch 93, then it hath 93 parts of fine gold and 7 parts alloy. : Gold is bought by 10 tale weight, for upon that quantity they make their price in silver. When gold is sold above or under touch, you must add to, or subtract from, the touch. As if it touch 96, and is to be sold at 4 under touch, then from 96 take 4, the remainder is 92; then is 9 2-10ths of silver to be paid for 1 of that of gold. If gold is at 96 touch, and to be sold at 8 above touch, then add 8 to 96, the sum is 104; then are 10 4-10ths of silver to be paid for 1 of gold. In China all sorts of provisions, as milk, fowls, hogs, greens, &c. are sold by the catty. SALARIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE EAST INDIES. Abstract of an Act of Parliament, passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of his pressent Majesty. II. That no place or employment, the salary of which shall exceed 1500l. sterling per annum, shall be conferred upon any of the said servants, who shall not have been actually resident in India in the civil service, for the space of six years, in the whole, antecedent to the vacancy to be supplied. III. An office with a salary, &c. of 3000/. sterling per annum, is not to be conferred on any servant, who shall not have been nine years in the whole, resident in India, in the company's service. IV. No office of 4000l. sterling per annum, shall be cenferred on any servant, who has not been twelve years, in the whole, resident in India, in the service. V. No person in future shall be deemed capable of holding, in the civil line of the company's service, two or more offices, places, or employment, the joint amount of the salaries, perquisites, and emoluments of which shall exceed, in the whole, the sums prescribed by these regulations. ENTITLED TO HOLD BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Under 3 years residence. 6..... 9... 12.. CRs. 5,665... 6,995. 33,990. L. St. 500 1,500 .3,000 45,320. 4,000 Above 12 amount unlimited. |