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rowing into the clutches of the arhatiya and are, so to speak, his jajmdns and
sons will deal with the brokers to whom their fathers have brought grain.
A broker who seeks to have his license tax decided by his books should
produce not only his roz-namcha showing daily ' batta' or gains but also his
account of loans to beoparis and (where, as is generally the case, he is a storer aa
well as broker) his accouut of bhandsdl. It is not proper to tax a grain-broker
solely on the profits shown in the Schedule of the ganj made out as before shown
until it is clear beyond doubt that he is not a storer or money-lender as well as
broker.
The business of the grain-broker is secure : not so that of the grain-storer
or cornfactor. The latter trade is very precarious and the profits of one
year may be more than swallowed up by losses in the next. Storing of grain
and transport from one ioaarket to another in India to take advantage of prices
is but in the infancy of its development. The extension of railways has much
aided trade and tended to diminish the chances of high prices continuing long
in any one part of India. There are traders so alive to the benefits of knowing
intimately the state of the market in other places that they receive telegrams on
the subject from correspondents.
Ata-farosh vide Chakkiwala.
Atashbaz.—It would be idle to enumerate all the names of the many fire-
works which a native atashbaz manufactures. The chief favorites are the anars
or grenades, maht&bi or rocket and chachhundar or squib.
The anar will serve to give some idea of the profit of a firework-maker.
Anars are of several sizes : panserah, adhserah, tipaiya, serah and others to
order, even to a maund. The atashbaz purchases the mud-shells for these from
kumhars at Us. 1 per 800. The kutnhar reckons 105 to the 100. The atashbaz
makes his own gun-powder—with hoela, gandhalc, and shorcfqalmi. He mixes
these in proportion of 10 chittaks koela, 4 chittaks gandhak, and 2 chittaks shora-
qalmi to make aseer of gunpowder. The atashbaz takes one seer of this Jgun- powder
to make|25 panserah anars and he adds 2 chittaks gandhak, 4 chittaks koela, and
one chittak lohchan (iron filings.) He has expended:—
25 Mud-shells for anars, ...... 0 6 0
1 seer gun-powder (home-made), 0 4 0'
Gandhak,............... 0 1 0
Koela, ............... 0 0 3
Lohchan, ............... 0 0 3
Total, ... 0 6 0
and has made up 25 anars which he sells at 2 paisa per anar for 12J as. and his
profit is 6^ as. on the lot.
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rowing into the clutches of the arhatiya and are, so to speak, his jajmdns and
sons will deal with the brokers to whom their fathers have brought grain.
A broker who seeks to have his license tax decided by his books should
produce not only his roz-namcha showing daily ' batta' or gains but also his
account of loans to beoparis and (where, as is generally the case, he is a storer aa
well as broker) his accouut of bhandsdl. It is not proper to tax a grain-broker
solely on the profits shown in the Schedule of the ganj made out as before shown
until it is clear beyond doubt that he is not a storer or money-lender as well as
broker.
The business of the grain-broker is secure : not so that of the grain-storer
or cornfactor. The latter trade is very precarious and the profits of one
year may be more than swallowed up by losses in the next. Storing of grain
and transport from one ioaarket to another in India to take advantage of prices
is but in the infancy of its development. The extension of railways has much
aided trade and tended to diminish the chances of high prices continuing long
in any one part of India. There are traders so alive to the benefits of knowing
intimately the state of the market in other places that they receive telegrams on
the subject from correspondents.
Ata-farosh vide Chakkiwala.
Atashbaz.—It would be idle to enumerate all the names of the many fire-
works which a native atashbaz manufactures. The chief favorites are the anars
or grenades, maht&bi or rocket and chachhundar or squib.
The anar will serve to give some idea of the profit of a firework-maker.
Anars are of several sizes : panserah, adhserah, tipaiya, serah and others to
order, even to a maund. The atashbaz purchases the mud-shells for these from
kumhars at Us. 1 per 800. The kutnhar reckons 105 to the 100. The atashbaz
makes his own gun-powder—with hoela, gandhalc, and shorcfqalmi. He mixes
these in proportion of 10 chittaks koela, 4 chittaks gandhak, and 2 chittaks shora-
qalmi to make aseer of gunpowder. The atashbaz takes one seer of this Jgun- powder
to make|25 panserah anars and he adds 2 chittaks gandhak, 4 chittaks koela, and
one chittak lohchan (iron filings.) He has expended:—
25 Mud-shells for anars, ...... 0 6 0
1 seer gun-powder (home-made), 0 4 0'
Gandhak,............... 0 1 0
Koela, ............... 0 0 3
Lohchan, ............... 0 0 3
Total, ... 0 6 0
and has made up 25 anars which he sells at 2 paisa per anar for 12J as. and his
profit is 6^ as. on the lot.
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