79. You are to purchase saltpetre at the rates under mentioned, and forward it, according to the indents which may be sent for it, from your Cutchery.

There are four kinds, viz:

  Fanam Kunteeroy,
In perfect crystals thrice boiled, each Uttul *
Second, in broken crystals, do. 4
Third, in grains, do.
Fourth, in dust, do. 3

80. The names of the Ana*, &c. which have been fixed by Government, are as follows: and they are to be written in this way in all accounts.

9 Teys, make 1 Uddbah; 5 Uddbahs, 1 Beh; 7 Behs, 1 Aya; 16 Ayas, 1 Taha; and 16 Tahas, 1 Fanam.

So that 1 Fanam consists of 256 Ayas, or 1792 Behas, or 8360 Uddbahs, or 40,680 Teys.

Weight in Poppy Grains.
1 Pagoda —— 14,400.
1 Fanam —— 1,600.
1 Taha —— 100.
1 Aya —— 6¼.