Remonstrantie 6.2.4

6.2.4

The annual offtake of our commodities in Agra may be estimated as follows: Quicksilver: 50 maunds or 2500 lb.; price is conjectural, but Rs. 160-180 the maund may be looked for. Vermilion: 50 maunds, at Rs. 180-200 the maund. Tin: 30 maunds, at Rs. 38 or 40 the maund. Ivory: 50 maunds; but it must not be split, otherwise it makes a difference of more than half the price. The tusks must therefore be sawed at Surat in this way, to wit, into pieces a hand broad, and then coated or smeared with wax, so as not to split with the heat. Whole pieces sell at Rs. 70-60 the maund, and split pieces at Rs. 20-30. Arm-rings are made from the ivory for Hindu women, and are worn as ornaments in Multan and the Eastern provinces. Red woollen cloth. Little or none of such as is now sent, at 8 to 10 guilders the ell; or unless it were the kind brought by the English, which must be sold in competition with them.