J38 Pettah q f Gphmbo, ,
gal. , A great ^iiantiljroffs#rfs#s & made in tlje neighbourhood
. ' ^ ; ^ ^ J i s y ^ a | ^ g . ^ . arGjt;;«Qa8fc. This
liqypr jfe.fljnt-fco mjr: settlements of Ikmgal,. Madras, and Borm-
hay; and ili return these sendrieo&nd othenarticies with which
-fieyh® is .not, able tesupply sufficient for Its own consumption.
AaJapge quantity of eoya irope, or cordage, is also mannfaotnrpd
&£r&< and .suppli^ of ; j t l are sent to our ships s.oa the. various
s^pfjpns Jn s^as^,; A number of inferior articles, the ipro-r
dhfio- bfaftig quarter (of the island,, am. expprted by, the Moors
aod Malabprg who reside! here, fqT ';that :purp®se. ,(Theae i ar&
cleg am hejeyeaf.andfafdsa nut; jaggeiiy, a ioifeif -«nanSe blanks
i^i sugar, jco^a-nuts and oil > honey, bees-waKp jeardamoms, -,eo-
.of other vfessir • aAictee» In tea-
th^-i?hp©r^ Jg®^rse.feotton3ffeldths ando^Hcoes^Hpieepsai^
p ra te d , Qr:; pMj,ted|^clpthg forwomen s apparel, eoarsemuslins,
l^ndheffiMf& palampoes, .stoieMngs^ Ghkn^laware/ tin^ hopped
and ,3. varietygof Apys 5 also; homeloes,,;•» ppdcibsnof a&hhpeGiMar
t e Bombay, apd onions. from filename pfeco,, where they are
ren)affe>,hly good.
« Thp ^ ac ted a dnty.jof , live per -ceqEonm t-bese^x?-
P9*& Ami, imports» which is still continued hy -our - govern*
rnenj^,
, Svegr yea*, ia generalt© wards February, a Ikn tuguesebr d£hb-
gese ship..arrive, from Macao _wfth teas, sugary candied sweetr
W,ats, hajns, silks, velvets, nankeens, umbrgllasyj strawyhatsj- fh
kinds of china-ware and toys. L The§je«.articles meet Witffia very
speedy sale; and as they are generally paid ^ for;dm harckmoney,
occasion a great deal of gold;, and silver do be-carried out
pf fhe island.
The current coin here, ias well as in the r e s t‘of the Ettfo-
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pean dominions '©n the island, consisted,-. o#i'lfhe‘ arrival of the
English,1 of rix-dslldfs,aqnotoinal ccrMfftKke f&r'pbnnd sterling,
valued at' a ( certain - quantity* rof- coppM&^onej^v*5 There : werè
%ês#deS;« € ë i # ?^yiièi^!eo|dferi- boibsyealledcpice of \ stivers, j p f f f
pie©, èaittedudies’.;- Hour piefi%Mr w^ddditk/Hwenb toffe. iknam,
and sèvèw-faria'ffls '• to* a tax-dollar.- Thiis prepeartionab valhh of
the coins lias •'^LaSvever been'alt^ed*“:andf nèw ■’regulations i esta*
Misted sifflefe thé island has èfetme' infco->\ ouèfpö'^e^ioi'.' There
is ho-k etfr'fhnt- a -new'‘coinage o f ’ double and -single -p'iee and
hMlf-p i^ ^ aefo by ©ur-Eastelndia r^anpanïy/^ A '^2epv% ib b u t
a ffialfpeftny - sterling* ;■ four pica gó' Many fanfid; and .twelv'é *fe-
nams ltd a! rix-dollar/ bry as it is "usually- called bjr~our peo*-
pie, ar copper rupee. This latter coin'' gbës-j for about- iMbtehih
lings sterling';; -dnd föü§- of thdte are equivalent’ to aL ^ rp& g b -
da, a- Madras- giIdn*C©m worth* êlghd «shillings- sterling/ Our
troops-are-generally-paid ode third iffgold; one in silver, and
one in copper. This 1 proportion' varies bO Wever according- tó
the state o’f The treasury. In issuing the tOopper motey,’ gte
vernment usually aliow&.ffirfcyvfive fanarn® to the pagoda,' which
is about - f le 'Saffie* proportion as ^ 'c h a rg e d by the -coifipany
a t Madras. The tróóp® hoWovOf are rather J'shflfet'ens by this
rate, as -the Hatch - and Euglish merehanis- insist trpon- forty*
eight- fanams to- thd j^goda, iri tlteif dealing with the mil * The
fflhetiiiarioff in th e v£tafe*$f’ möüey^ iff ^feylon is véry- grfeat, arid
depends upon1 the xUifnediate plenty o r! scarcity bf^-gold and sil—
vet there« I have ffeqüentfy been obliged to- 'glvd'- five rtipeès
or teh shillings in cöppef for a pagoda in gold, add ’ the same
ptoporoOn between a* Silver and copper rupee. For ^three years
before my: departure, gold had bëeri 'sö sdEÊrce, Off 'account of
the little influx o f 'it^into- the ^ i'sland|Ï3bccasioned b y ’thè war
H i II , ;