Remonstrantie 3.3

3.3

Patna (300 kos from Agra), yields annually 1000 to 2000 maunds of silk, the best of which sells at 16 or 17 mohurs per maund (of 50 lb.); taking the mohur at seven rupees, the price is 110 to 120 rupees. Most, or all, of it is consumed in Gujarat, the rest here in Agra. Formerly the English had a factory at Patna for the purchase of raw silk, but, owing to heavy losses, the trade has been discontinued for six or seven years, and does not appear likely to be resumed; besides, they are now getting Persian silk at a more reasonable price. Patna produces also much muslin (cassa), but it is coarse, worth four or five rupees the piece; also shields, which sell well in Agra. Chahaspur and Sonargaon with the surrounding villages, and indeed as far as Jagannath, all live by the weaving industry, and the produce has the highest reputation and quality, especially the fine muslin (cassa and malmal), which is also much longer and wider than elsewhere. An ordinary cassa is only 21-22 gaz by but these are usually 24-25 gaz by 1 1/8, equivalent to 30 Holland ells long, by ells broad.