Indian Antiquary Vol 59

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 329

OCTOBER, 1930)
THE SCATTERGOODS AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
To Packing 479 bales at 8 com. pr bale .. To Cooley hire on Do. at 2 coz. pr bale .. To Do. for removeing bales too and thro.. To Victualls for cooleys and Packermen .. To Piscaroy on 2394 loads at 60s. pr load To Calattee on Do. at 6 pr load .. ..
383. 95. 8. 40.
84. 14370. . 1437. -
16588. 7.
600.
To 8 pr cent .. To boat hire to bring the goods ashoare 10 boats at 60 shas. pr boat
[NOTES ON DOCUMENT No. 4.]
(a) Gunny. Goni, sacking. Shotters. See p. 49. Kedgway, Pers. kajáwa, a camel-litter. Yockdans, Pers. yakhdan, a travelling trunk (lit. an ice chest, yakh, ice). Wappenges. Wrappings: from an obsolete English word "wap" to wrap. Muffrages. Pers. mafárish (plural), carpets. Rack. Arrack, Ar. 'araq, spirituous liquor. Callatte. See p. 54.
(6)
Gerah. See p. 46. Coffala. Qafila, caravan. Maund. The Persian man shahi was equal at that time to about 121 lb. av., and the man.
-Tabriz to about 61 lb. Piscaroy. See. p. 55.
On his return to Gombroon in March 1708, Scattergood made up his accounts with private individuals and also with the freighters of the London. From these it is obvious that it was in the London, a Separate Stock ship, commanded by Sir George Matthews, that this voyage to Persia was undertaken, and it is further shown that Scattergood was chief supercargo, with Thomas Lovell as his assistant. The latter was supercargo of the Loyall Merchant in 1709 and was again at Gombroon in February of that year (Factory Records, Persia, Vol. 1).
It is only possible to print a small portion of these accounts, but a few items of interest irom those omitted may be noted.
In the account of Captain John Wright, who was dead before the produce of his goods reached Madras, there is a charge for "Consolage," or customs dues, of 4 shas. per cent. and for “ Sroffage," i.e., money-dealers' commission (sarraf, money-changer, banker) 3.4. Captain John Haslewood's goods included "brown gurrahs" (garha, lit. unbleached), unbleached cotton-cloth, and the commission on his " gruff" sales, or sales of course goods, amounting to shas. 8271 at 5 per cent, was shas. 436. From the accounts of Gulston Addison and others, we find that "chequins," sequins, were worth 29.5" coz. per'checquin," i.e. about 10s.
There is also an account with John Lock, the Company's Agent in Persia, showing that from April to September 1707 bills were drawn by Lovell and Soattergood on Agent Look and Scattergood, payable to various native merchants, amounting to shas. 17,91,644. 1.
Besides investments by English merchants, Scattergood had been entrusted with a consignment of Bengal goods by Jonadun Seat (Janardana Seth), a member of an important