Storia do Mogor 211.1.4

211.1.4

At Pulicat the following concessions are made in respect to the Dutch share in customs and their right to coin. On goods over a candy in weight, liable to 4 1/8 pagodas of duty, the county officials are to take 2 1/4, and the Dutch Company 1 7/8 pagodas; but goods liable to less than that amount, according to the Mutasaddis' (native officials') weights, shall be divided, half to the emperor and half to the Dutch. At Eragam and Mansiewarom the division was to be : Customs of 4 1/8 pagodas and over to pay three-fourths to the Mogul, one-fourth to the Dutch. Customs of 4 pagodas to pay 1 1/2 pagodas to Dutch. Customs of less than 4 pagodas to pay half to Mogul, half to Dutch. On cloth brought in from villages, when the bale contains 20 pieces of 72 cobidos (cubits) each, 3 1/8 pagodas are to be paid, the king taking half and the Dutch half. If the goods are afterwards sold, the same tax shall be paid and divided as before. If goods so bought are liable to over 4 pagodas, the division shall be three-fourths to the king and one-fourth to the Dutch. Ground-rents on inhabited land to be equally divided. All dues on goods brought in ships from abroad to be equally divided. When the Dutch bring their own money to be coined, the mint tax, which is 1/2 per cent., shall be equally divided ; if the money is not theirs, the Dutch will only receive one-third of the dues.