Afghanistan; Asia, Central -- Description and travel; Eastern question (Central Asia)
Cinnamon ” 4 0 --
Cardamoms (small) ” 3 0 --
” (large) ” 3 8 --
Thread per bundle 6 0 --
Cocoa-nuts per 3½ seers 3 0 --
Satin per yard 2 8 --
Flannel ” 1 0 --
Russian satin ” 1 8 --
Cambric per piece 5 0 3 0
Penknives, two-bladed, Rs. 1-8; one blade, Rs. 1; large sailors’
knives, 4 annas. Quantities of pottery-ware of all descriptions are
imported, as also needles, thread and a few Anglo-Indian medicines.
Foreign drugs kill many more than they cure; since they are
administered by a _hakim_ who knows nothing of their properties, but
tries the effect of the first which may be at hand, regulating the
quantity given by the price.
AMRITSAR.
_Names of Articles._ _Prices._
From. To.
R. A. R. A.
Molasses per Kandahari maund 2 4 --
Turmeric ” ” ” 1 8 --
Saffron ” ” ” 16 0 --
Punjabi shoes, penholders, lungis, cloth; Kashmiri shawls, puttu, zinc,
saffron and Peshawar lungis.
MULTAN.
_Names of Articles._ _Prices._
From. To.
R. A. R. A.
Rough cloth per 100 yards 9 0 --
Coloured sheets for women ” 20 ” 17 0 --
Chintz, Nasrkhani per 20 pieces or 160 ” 20 0 --
” Lulgurie ” ” ” ” 8 0 --
Alacha per 4 ” 1 0 --
Buffalo-hides (cured) per 20 ” 60 0 --
Goats 17 0 --
Shoes according to quality
IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA.
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