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CHAP. VII.
COLLECTIONS
O F T H E
Coins, Weights, and Precious Stones,
Usiial in those Places of Trade within the Char-
ter of the Honourable Eafl-India Company.
Coins of Surat, Amadavad, Agra, &c. in India.
THere are divers sorts of Coins in Gold, scldom used in Payments
among Merchants, some of a greater, others of lesfer Value ; so
also in Silver j but the Rupee is the most ordinary, whereof
there are;
ff Catzanace,^
^ r7 - F „ „ J Hundea, CAl! valued at Mamoodoes 2 |; the latter is os
k u i £, & 0 * Magarree, T greater Weight, but course.
(.CbiUannee, J
M A M O 6 D O E S are current only in Surat, and Parts adjacent;
they are worth somewhat lest than an Englijh Shilling, but are so account- .
ed in the Company's Books; and among Merchants in the Countrey,
2 I Mamoodoes 5s' reckoned a Rupee. Yet to change Mamoodoes into Rupees,
there is sometimes given 3, sbmetimes 8 or 10 Mamoodoes on the 100 Ru-
pees, according to their Plenty or Scarcity, or as the Governor or Banyans
please to advance the Cambio, which is called among them Vattaw; In
Anno 1663. was given 20 Mam. per Cent.
PICE, a sort of Copper-Mony current among the Poorer sort of
People; of these, sometimes 12, 13, 14, is, 16, 19, to 24, make, or As ;Q AnM
are reckoned to a Mamoodoe; therefore because they rise and fall, the Com- kjso, sir, 6i\
pany's Accounts are kept in Book-rate Vice, <viz. 32 to the Maw. and 80 tfj.whenCop-
Pice to the Rupee, for that without any reason the Rupee is by the Ac- p«w>sdear.
comptarit rated at 2 \ Mam, whereas if it were rated at Mam. z\per Ru-
pee, then in Book-race the Rupee would fall to be 72 The.
Weights and Measures os Surat, Agra, &c.
The Swat Maund was formerly 18 Vice to the Sear of Ma S((r^ ^ sr) is Jy ,;
40, and made 33 /. Averdttposi: At gresentit is 40 Sear, Md P*r*«, double st much,
of 20 Pice the Sear, which is 37 I Md Ertuny, +o$% 30 pict theSr.
TUn'Maimd PAcka at Agra is double as much, where is a
also the Maund Ecbarry, which is 40 W, of 3o Pk to \ $ S£ ^^
the Saw, whereby JWwo.Silks, and other fine Goods are sold.
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CHAP. VII.
COLLECTIONS
O F T H E
Coins, Weights, and Precious Stones,
Usiial in those Places of Trade within the Char-
ter of the Honourable Eafl-India Company.
Coins of Surat, Amadavad, Agra, &c. in India.
THere are divers sorts of Coins in Gold, scldom used in Payments
among Merchants, some of a greater, others of lesfer Value ; so
also in Silver j but the Rupee is the most ordinary, whereof
there are;
ff Catzanace,^
^ r7 - F „ „ J Hundea, CAl! valued at Mamoodoes 2 |; the latter is os
k u i £, & 0 * Magarree, T greater Weight, but course.
(.CbiUannee, J
M A M O 6 D O E S are current only in Surat, and Parts adjacent;
they are worth somewhat lest than an Englijh Shilling, but are so account- .
ed in the Company's Books; and among Merchants in the Countrey,
2 I Mamoodoes 5s' reckoned a Rupee. Yet to change Mamoodoes into Rupees,
there is sometimes given 3, sbmetimes 8 or 10 Mamoodoes on the 100 Ru-
pees, according to their Plenty or Scarcity, or as the Governor or Banyans
please to advance the Cambio, which is called among them Vattaw; In
Anno 1663. was given 20 Mam. per Cent.
PICE, a sort of Copper-Mony current among the Poorer sort of
People; of these, sometimes 12, 13, 14, is, 16, 19, to 24, make, or As ;Q AnM
are reckoned to a Mamoodoe; therefore because they rise and fall, the Com- kjso, sir, 6i\
pany's Accounts are kept in Book-rate Vice, <viz. 32 to the Maw. and 80 tfj.whenCop-
Pice to the Rupee, for that without any reason the Rupee is by the Ac- p«w>sdear.
comptarit rated at 2 \ Mam, whereas if it were rated at Mam. z\per Ru-
pee, then in Book-race the Rupee would fall to be 72 The.
Weights and Measures os Surat, Agra, &c.
The Swat Maund was formerly 18 Vice to the Sear of Ma S((r^ ^ sr) is Jy ,;
40, and made 33 /. Averdttposi: At gresentit is 40 Sear, Md P*r*«, double st much,
of 20 Pice the Sear, which is 37 I Md Ertuny, +o$% 30 pict theSr.
TUn'Maimd PAcka at Agra is double as much, where is a
also the Maund Ecbarry, which is 40 W, of 3o Pk to \ $ S£ ^^
the Saw, whereby JWwo.Silks, and other fine Goods are sold.
By