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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[AUGUST, 1907.
MISCELLANEA.
SURVIVAL OF OLD ANGLO-INDIAN Myrabolam. Oldest quotation in Yule, c. B. C. COMMERCIAL TERMS.
840. BY SIR R. C. TEMPLE.
"Myrabollams... There has been no
life in the trade :....for export to the Any one who has had occasion to struggle
Australian Colonies for some Biminuts." with such a book as Stevens' New and Complete
Shellac. Oldest quotation in Yule (s. v. Lac), Guide to the East India Trade, 1775, or with
c. 1343. Anglo-Indian terms occurring in the old Com pany's Factory Records and similar documents "There is a fair enquiry for ready parcels will appreciate the value of settling precisely .... Button lac, a small business is pass. what is meant by Anglo-Indian commercial ing: garnet .... there is nothing to terms. There is a chance of doing this in certain report ....There is very little movement instances by an examination of the Indian .... 300 cases button arrived this week in conimercial newspapers of to-day, as many more free condition for the American market." of the old terms have survived in commerce than
Tincal. Oldest quotation in Yule, 1525. would at first appear possible to the outside
"The article is selling .... superior public.
Cossipore is reaching." Here are a few taken from a Supplement to Capital, published in Calcutta in 1902.
Weights, Surviving Anglo-Indian Terms.
Maund. Oldest quotation in Yule, 1610.
[This very old word and its variants at the Coir. Oldest quotation in Yule, 1510.
present day are well worth comparing with the "Coir fibro. Demand has somewhat improved." || old books.] Doll; dal. Oldest quotation in Yule, 1673.
"The Indian Maund is 82: lbs.: the Factory "Dal or split peas. Demand for all kinds is Maund is 74 lbs. 10 oz. 11 dut.: the Bazar slack.... Masuri dal and Khari Masuri
Maund is 82 lbs. 2 oz. 3 dut.: 1 cut, i. e. .... Oridh or kolye dal .... gram 112 lbs., equals Bazar 1 md. 14 seers 874 dal.... greenpeas dal...arhar
chittacks." dal, ... khasri dal.....khasari
Modern Terms. or mutta."
Korosine 011. "Indian named brands .... Gingerly. Oldest quotation in Yule, 1726, Mango, Ram, Sumatra, Rangoon." * Jinjeli, sesamum or tilseed oil. Prices con
Rico. "Commercial terms for Bengal Rice : tinue very high owing to light supply."
table, white Patna, Brushed Seeta, Seeta, gross Gunny. Oldest quotation in Yule, c. 1590. Seeta, chunichalla, khud or B. T., cleaned " Australian Gunny Market, bags and bag
gross, prime Patna, gross Patna." ging."
Names for Boiled or Brown Rice: "Boiled Gram. Oldest quotation in Yule, 1702.
Patna, ballam, nagra, moongby, zaree, kazla,
kuttuck." "Gram supplies have overtaken deliveries."
Sugar. Names for Indian sugar: "Cane, Golah. Oldest quotation in Yulo, 1785.
Benares, Shomsara, Dammah, Vally Gour, "Salt. The market continues steady and the Bobarah, Akharah, Gobardanga and Jadurhat sales during the week are as follows; ex ships Dollo, Akrab." . ... ex golahs ......
Names for refined sugar.: "Cossipore, Madapollam (piece-goods). Oldest quotation | Cossipore Grossery, Madras and Arcot granu
in Yule, 1673: see Bowrey's Countries round the 'lated, China granulated, Penang, Mauritius." Bay of Bengal (1669–1679), p. 100, n. 1.
Tea. Names for Indian tea: "Assam, "Grey Madapollam."
| Cachar, Sylhet, Darjeeling, Dooars, Terai."
