Coarse cotton piece goods still continue to be manufactured at Dacca, though from the extreme cheapness of English cloths, it is not improbable that the native manufacture will be altogether superseded ere long.
In 1823-4, cotton piece goods, mostly coarse, passed the Dacca Custom House, to the value of 1,442,101. In 1829-30, the value of the same export was 969,952 only. There was a similar falling off in silk and embroidered goods during the same period.
In the export of the articles of cotton yarn again, there has been an increase. In 1813, the value was 4,480 rupees only; whereas in 1821-22, it amounted to 39,319 rupees. From that period it has, however, decreased; and in 1829-30, the value of the native cotton yarn exported from Dacca, amounted to 29,475 rupees only.
Annexed are two statements—one showing the comparative prices of muslins now manufactured at Dacca, and of the same description of cloth, the produce of British looms.—The other, the comparative prices of Dacca cloths, manufactured from yarn spun in the country, and from British cotton yarn. These cannot fail to be interesting at the present moment, and their general accuracy may be relied on.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE PRICES OF MUSLINS MANUFACTURED
AT DACCA, AND THE PRODUCE OF THE BRITISH LOOMS.
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|ASSORTMENTS. | Manufactured | Produce of |
| | at | the British |
| | Dacca. | Looms. |
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|Jamdaní, with small spot, 1st sort | 25 | 8 |
| | | |
| " " 2nd ditto | 16 | 5 |
| | | |
|Jamdaní, Mabíposh, | 27 to 28 | 6 |
| | | |
| " Diagonal pattern, | 12 to 13 | 4 to 4-1/2 |
| | | |
|Jaconet Muslin, 40-1/2, corresponding } 1st ditto | 38 to 40 | 20 to 22 |
| with Jungle Cossas, } 2nd ditto | 24 to 25 | 9 to 10 |
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|Nyansook, 40 to 2-1/4, | 8 to 9 | 5 to 6 |
| | | |
|Cambric, corresponding with Camiz Cossas, | 13 to 14 | 6 to 9-1/2 |
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|Jamdaní blue or red sprigs, | 15 to 16 | 4 to 5 |
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|Jamdaní Saris, | 12 to 13 | 5 to 5-1/2 |
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|Book Muslin, corresponding with Mulmulls, | 10 to 11 | 7 to 8 |
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|Sahun, 48 by 3, | 28 to 30 | 14 to 15 |
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- [Footnote: *borhood. Book, mull, and leno muslins, and jaconets of a lighter fabric than those
made in Lancashire, are manufactured in Glasgow. Sewed and tambored muslins are almost exclusively made there and in Paisley."—Encyclopædia Britannica.]
