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4A< JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
Avorth at the wells, at one and a quarter ticals per
hundred viss, 711,750 ticals, or 889,687i sicca
rupees.
From the wells the oil is carried in small jars,
hy coolies or on carts, to the river; where it is
delivered to the merchant exporter, at two ticals
per hundred viss; the value being enhanced
three-eighths hy the expense and risk of portage ;
therefore the gross value or profit to the country
of the Avhole, deducting five per cent for wastage,
may he stated at 1,081,860 ticals, or 1,362,325 sicca
rupees per annum, yielding a direct revenue to the
king of 136,232 sicca rupees per annum, and per-
haps thrice as much more hefore it reaches the
consumer; besides the benefit the whole country
must derive from the productive industry called
into action, by the constant employment of so
large a capital on so gruff an article. There were
between seventy and eighty boats, average bur-
then sixty tons each, loading oil at the several
wharfs, and others constantly coming and going
while I was there. A number of boats and men
also find constant employment in providing the
pots, $rc, for the oil; and the extent of this
single branch of internal commerce, (for almost the
whole is consumed in the country,) will serve to
give some insight into the internal commerce and
resources of the country. At the wells the price
of the oil is seven anas seven pice, per 1121bs.
Avorth at the wells, at one and a quarter ticals per
hundred viss, 711,750 ticals, or 889,687i sicca
rupees.
From the wells the oil is carried in small jars,
hy coolies or on carts, to the river; where it is
delivered to the merchant exporter, at two ticals
per hundred viss; the value being enhanced
three-eighths hy the expense and risk of portage ;
therefore the gross value or profit to the country
of the Avhole, deducting five per cent for wastage,
may he stated at 1,081,860 ticals, or 1,362,325 sicca
rupees per annum, yielding a direct revenue to the
king of 136,232 sicca rupees per annum, and per-
haps thrice as much more hefore it reaches the
consumer; besides the benefit the whole country
must derive from the productive industry called
into action, by the constant employment of so
large a capital on so gruff an article. There were
between seventy and eighty boats, average bur-
then sixty tons each, loading oil at the several
wharfs, and others constantly coming and going
while I was there. A number of boats and men
also find constant employment in providing the
pots, $rc, for the oil; and the extent of this
single branch of internal commerce, (for almost the
whole is consumed in the country,) will serve to
give some insight into the internal commerce and
resources of the country. At the wells the price
of the oil is seven anas seven pice, per 1121bs.