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4. Zar'd (yellow) khiib rang.
Tesii, (flower of palas tree), ... ... \ seer.
Harsingar, (weeping nyctanthes), ... 2 chittaks.
Phitkiri, ..............1
The palas flowers are boiled .in water till they dissolve and then the
harsingar and phitkiri are added and the infusion strained and gum added.
Cost of the supply is 2 as. 6.pies and will suffice for 6 score.
5. Zard (yellow) kam rang.
Haldi, ... ... ... ... ;1^ chattaks.
Naspal (husk'of pomegranate), ... 4 „
Phitkiri,...... ......4 „
These are all boiled up together, strained and gum added.
This will cost 3 as. Ah pies to make up and the supply is for 6 score.
6. Gulab. This is prepared from patang (sappan wood).
One seer of this is split and steeped in a ghara of water, then boiled and
when it reaches boiling point milk is poured on it, and it is boiled up again until
half of a seer remains. This color is used while hot. The above supply will
suffice for 3 score and costs 6 as. 9 pies.
7. Sausni (bluish).
This is gulab with kasis added in proportion of one-half.
8. Sabzi (green leaf color).
This is khub rang zard with a chittak of indigo added.
9. Nila (indigo blue).
This is not made from indigo alone but the secret of the manufacture is
not disclosed.
This color comes to 8 as. per score of fards stamped.
10. Zangar (verdigris).
Verdigris, ... ... ... 2 chittaks.
Gum, ... ... ... 8 „
These are boiled in a ghara of water. This supply costs 8 as. and suffices
for 20 score.
These are all the main colors. They are mixed together to make various
shades as nafarmiin, zafrani, etc.
The printing of cotton fabrics begins in March and continues to the end
of October. Factories are closed for the five months of cold weather.
The wages of chhipis employed by master printers range from Es. 2 to Es. 4
per mensem : and an apprentice (sha^ird) is paid only one paisa per diem. He
performs the preparatory processes of siyah kdr} etc. A fard will pass 6 times
in a day under the hand of a chhipi for the processes of stamping. This is the
average work of a first class printer. This means that 2 fards in each of which
there are 9 colors will be stamped off in :3 days. For this class of work the
master printer who stamps fards supplied by a bazzaz will receive Es. 20 per
score.
4. Zar'd (yellow) khiib rang.
Tesii, (flower of palas tree), ... ... \ seer.
Harsingar, (weeping nyctanthes), ... 2 chittaks.
Phitkiri, ..............1
The palas flowers are boiled .in water till they dissolve and then the
harsingar and phitkiri are added and the infusion strained and gum added.
Cost of the supply is 2 as. 6.pies and will suffice for 6 score.
5. Zard (yellow) kam rang.
Haldi, ... ... ... ... ;1^ chattaks.
Naspal (husk'of pomegranate), ... 4 „
Phitkiri,...... ......4 „
These are all boiled up together, strained and gum added.
This will cost 3 as. Ah pies to make up and the supply is for 6 score.
6. Gulab. This is prepared from patang (sappan wood).
One seer of this is split and steeped in a ghara of water, then boiled and
when it reaches boiling point milk is poured on it, and it is boiled up again until
half of a seer remains. This color is used while hot. The above supply will
suffice for 3 score and costs 6 as. 9 pies.
7. Sausni (bluish).
This is gulab with kasis added in proportion of one-half.
8. Sabzi (green leaf color).
This is khub rang zard with a chittak of indigo added.
9. Nila (indigo blue).
This is not made from indigo alone but the secret of the manufacture is
not disclosed.
This color comes to 8 as. per score of fards stamped.
10. Zangar (verdigris).
Verdigris, ... ... ... 2 chittaks.
Gum, ... ... ... 8 „
These are boiled in a ghara of water. This supply costs 8 as. and suffices
for 20 score.
These are all the main colors. They are mixed together to make various
shades as nafarmiin, zafrani, etc.
The printing of cotton fabrics begins in March and continues to the end
of October. Factories are closed for the five months of cold weather.
The wages of chhipis employed by master printers range from Es. 2 to Es. 4
per mensem : and an apprentice (sha^ird) is paid only one paisa per diem. He
performs the preparatory processes of siyah kdr} etc. A fard will pass 6 times
in a day under the hand of a chhipi for the processes of stamping. This is the
average work of a first class printer. This means that 2 fards in each of which
there are 9 colors will be stamped off in :3 days. For this class of work the
master printer who stamps fards supplied by a bazzaz will receive Es. 20 per
score.