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OMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE PRICES OF DACCA CLOTHS, MANUFACTURED

 WITH COTTON YARN SPUN IN THE COUNTRY, AND FROM
 BRITISH COTTON YARN.


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                                       | DACCA MUSLINS. |
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ASSORTMENTS. | Manufactured | Manufactured |
                                       | with Country | with Europe |
                                       | Cotton Thread. | Cotton Yarn. |
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Mulmuls, 40 by 2, 1st sort | 8 to 9 | 3 to 4 |
                             2nd ditto | 10 to 12 | 5 to 6 |
                             3rd ditto | 14 to 15 | 9 to 10 |
                                       | | |
Sablams, 40 by 2, 1st ditto | 4 to 4-1/2 | 2-1/2 |
                             2nd ditto | 5-1/2 to 6 | 3 |
                             3rd ditto | 11 to 12 | 6 |
                             4th ditto | 14 to 15 | 8 |
                             5th ditto | 17 to 18 | 10 to 11 |
                                       | | |
Sarbans, 40 cubits, 1st ditto | 3 | 1-1/2 |
                             2nd ditto | 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 | 1-3/4 |
                                       | | |
Allabalís Adí, 1st ditto | 5 to 5-1/2 | 3 |
                             2nd ditto | 7 to 7-1/2 | 4 |
                             3rd ditto | 8 to 9 | 5 to 5-1/2|
                             4th ditto | 9 to 10 | 6 to 6-1/2|
                                       | | |
Tarindans, 40 cubits, 1st ditto | 4-1/2 to 5 | 3 |
                             2nd ditto | 6-1/2 to 7 | 4 |
                             3rd ditto | 11 to 12 | 7 to 8 |
                             4th ditto | 13 to 14 | 10 to 11 |
Sarí, per pair, 1st ditto | 5 | 3 |
                             2nd ditto | 5 to 5-1/2 | 3-1/2 to 4|
                             3rd ditto | 9 to 10 | 5-1/2 to 6|
                                       | | |
Dhotis, per pair, 1st ditto | 5 | 3 |
                             2nd ditto | 6 to 6-1/2 | 3-1/2 |
                             3rd ditto | 7 to 7-1/2 | 5 |
                             4th ditto | 8 to 8-1/2 | 6 |
                             5th ditto | 10 10-1/2 to 11| 8 to 8-1/2 |
                             6th ditto | 9 to 11 | 7 to 7-1/2|
                                       | | |
Sheraganj Cossas, 40 cubits, 1st ditto | 4 | 2-3/4 |
                             2nd ditto | 5 | 3-1/4 |
                             3rd ditto | 5-1/2 to 6 | 4 |
                             4th ditto | 7 to 7-1/2 | 5 |
                             5th ditto | 8 to 8-1/2 | 6 |
                                       | | |
Sheraganj Hamam, 40 by 3, 1st ditto | 5 | 3-1/2 |
                             2nd ditto | 6 to 6-1/2 | 4 |
                             3rd ditto | 7-1/2 to 8 | 5 |
                             4th ditto | 9 to 9-1/2 | 6 to 7 |
                             5th ditto | 11 to 12 | 8 to 9 |
                             6th ditto | 14 to 15 | 10 to 11 |
                                       | | |
Jamdan Dhotis, 10 cubits, 1st ditto | 5-1/2 to 6 | 4 |
                             2nd ditto | 6-1/2 to 7 | 4-1/2 |
                             3rd ditto | 7-1/2 to 8 | 5 |
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The manufacture of cotton, as we have seen, was general in India and had attained high excellence in the age of the first Greek historian, that is, in the fifth century before Christ, at