Watson, John F.: The textile manufactures and the costumes of the people of India (London, 1866)

74

PIECE GOODS.

It is a point of interest, however, and may be one of value, to ascertain what amount of
sizing native goods actually contain, and accordingly we submitted a number of samples to
examination. The results of this investigation will be found in the following table:—

Samples in
Eabric Books.

■

Description.

Per-centage
of weight of
fabric which
consisted
of size.

Yol.

No.

II.

78

Cotton Loongee.* -


.


2-75

J5

70

Ditto ...

-

-

-

7-67


59

Ditto ...

-

-

-

9-3


62

Ditto -

-


-

9-66


50

Ditto ...

-

-

-

9-72


80

Ditto -

-

-

-

12-7


75

Ditto ...

-

-

-

13-5


74

Ditto ...

-

-

-

13-52


52

Ditto ...


-


15-3

Y.

167

Cotton Saree.* -

_

_

_

6'65


194

Ditto ...

-

-

-

6-94


170

Ditto ...

-

-

-

9-9


168

Ditto ...

-

-

-

9-28


198

Ditto ...

-

-

-

9-56


197

Ditto ...

-

-

-

10-37


186

Ditto ...

-

-

-

11-88


171

Ditto ...

-

-

-

12-89

?>

187

Ditto ...

-

-

-

13-4

IX.

33J

Muslin, loom-embroidered -



.

3-8


330

Ditto ditto

-

-

_

4-6


328

Ditto Charkhana

-

-

-

7-8


325

Ditto ditto

-

-

-

7-14

YIII.

284

Ditto Chundaree (unbleached)

-

-

-

9-42

IX.

322

Ditto Arnee. Fine quality.


-

-

13-1


345

Ditto ditto

-

-

-

17-71


329

Ditto Charkhana

-

-

-

18-46


347

Ditto ditto

-

-

-

20-9


—

Ditto Arnee. Superfine quality. -


-

-

23-78

XII.

464

Calico. Watered Isree.

_

-

-

2-19


468

Ditto, coarse ...

-

-

-

2-99


471

Ditto Dungary cloth.

-

-

«

7-02


463

Ditto, fine, from Raj ahm undry

-

-

-

9-2


473

Ditto Dungaree -



“

13-8

* Size determined in portion cut from centre of piece, i,e.9 excluding borders and ends.

It will be seen from the foregoing table that the quantity of size used by the native
manufacturer varies considerably, and that not in one class of goods only but in all classes.
Some of the Loongees and Sarees gave as much as 12 to 15 per cent, of their weight as
starch, while others yielded only 3 to G per cent. The details tabulated above are the
results of a series of careful observations, and to persons interested in the subject will
probably prove worthy of study.

Our plan leads us now to the detailed account of the various piece goods, specimens of
which are contained in the 18 volumes to which this work forms a key, and, undoubtedlv, the
first in point of interest are the muslins.