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CURRENCY.

              20 Stalls (40 puls)                           =1 ICran =10 & (nearly).
               10 Krars .   .                               =1 Toxin.
         Coinage current in district :—Nickel pieces of 1 and 2 shahis ; silver pieces of 1 Kran (very
      few), 2 and 5 Krana (few). Imperial 13^nk vf Persia notes of 1, 2, 0, 5, 10, etc., Tomans.
         Iu Buskirc itself rupees and sovereigns arc commonly accepted.


                                     EXCHANGE.
              Maximum .                                        Krona 68*50
              Minimum .                                            61*25
              Average .                                         m  66*13
                       Weights op Commercial Importance k District.
              16 bias* (1 Bo?tiro man)  «...                     = 7*75 lbs.
               1 Tabriz or Customs man (alto called batman)      =  6*51  „
               1 Shiraz man .                                    = 7*35 „
              1 Jla.'hom man
                In Bashiro                                       =121   ft
                 n Cbogadak and Chshkutab ...                    =121   ft
                 „ Angali, RudhiUch, Khusl&b, Ziarot, Sbabancara, Zeidun and Bchioban   =1391   „
                 „ Zira and Bobbers .........                    =153   ft
                 „ Tlajai Daoud ..........                       =lSo   ft
                 „ Liram ...........                             =2321   tt
                 „ Iiinuian..........................................................................................  =210
                                                                       *9
              1 kharwar (ICO batmans)............................................................  =651
                                                                       99
                                     PACKING.
         Transport from Buskire to the interior is almost entirely by mtiles. A fair weight for bales
     transported by mule is 150 to ISO lbs. each half mule-load. Cases should bd oblor.g, about 30 by 16 by
     16 inches.
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