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GROUP V.— 1 TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND CLOTHING. 
SECTION L—WOOLLEN FABRICS. 
A.—WASHED WOOL AND HAIR, CARDED WOOL AND WORSTED, COMBED 
WOOL AND YARNS. 
Punjab Committee. 
Samples of pashm (shawl wool), white and natural 
colour, with thread made from the same. 
Turfani Pashm.—This pashm, the produoe of 
the Thibetan goat, is the most valuable kind of 
shawl wool. It is imported from Yarkand, and 
is uaed in the manufacture of Cashniere shawls. 
Changthani Pashm.—This shawl wool is used 
by the weavers of Amritsar and other plaees. 
It is ordinarily white in colour. 
Specimens of woollen thread, white, or various 
colours, and of the natural colour. 
Amritsar Local Committee. 
Pashm from Yarkand and Ladakh. 
“ Wahab Shahi ” Pashm.—This is a very soft 
white sheep’s wool which is imported from 
Kirman, a province of Persia; it is used to 
adulterate genuine shawl wool at Amritsar and 
other places. 
Kahuli Pashm.—A very soft goat’s hair, not 
unlike the Thibet shawl wool, only not so fine ; 
it is used (principally in Lahore) for making 
“ Lahori chaddar,” or soft wool wrapper. 
Samples of thread from the Wahah-shahai, Kashmir. 
Yarkandi and Kahuli wools, Amritsar. 
Central Jail, Bangalore. 
Mysore wool, white, black, and various colours. 
India Museum, London. 
Samples of sheep’s wool, goat and camels’ hair, &c. 
B.—CARPETS, BLANKETS, AND OTHER FABRICS. 
Madras Committee. 
Turban cloths (3), with lace and silk lines. Madras. 
Turban cloths (2), with gold squares and flowers. 
Madura. 
“ Sarees ” (5). Native female dress. Madras. 
The “ Saree,” or garment-piece, worn by 
Mahratta women, is without seams, and is, in 
fact, a long shawl. Itis firsttwisted around the 
waist, then thrown over the left shoulder, and 
returned again over the right shoulder; some 
of the folds hang down in front, while others are 
draped over the back. This “ Saree,” with a 
small sleeved bodiee, completes a lady’s attire ; 
the higher the dass of the lady, the lower her 
“ Saree ” will hang. Women of the labouring 
caste seldom wear the “ Saree ” below their 
knees. In the Nagpore country every modest 
Hindu woman drapes one fold of her “ Saree 
over her head, whereas, in the Konkan, respec- 
table ladies have their heads uncovered. Gond 
women always keep the head uncovered ; some 
of them wear chignons, and all wear jungle 
flowers in their hair on festivals. 
“ Sarees” (7), of various colours. Madura. 
“Saree.” Half silk, puce, with gold flowers. Madura. 
“ Saree.” Red cloth, with gold flowers. Madura. 
“ Saree.” Half silk, puce, with gold stripes. Tri- 
chinopoly. 
“ Packadi ” or “ Choli.” Madras. 
(8834.) 
Bombay Committee. 
“ Kuthee.” Woman’s head dress. From Kutch. 
“ Hhablee.” Blanket. From Kutch. 
“ Dhablee.” Blanket, from Surat Jail. 
Blankets (6), from Aden. 
Hair-strings, from Aden. 
N. W. Provinces Local Committee. 
Biankets (9), from Mozuffernuggur and Jaloun. 
Cloth (2 pieces), chintz and byed. From Jaloun. 
Punjab Committee. 
Two woollen dressing gowns, made in Kabul, of 
beaten-out wool “Malidä,” embroidered respec- 
tively in gold and silk. From the Peshawar dis- 
trict. 
Dressing-gowns (3), made of camel-hair and white 
wool. “ Kashka.” 
Dressing-gowns (2), made in Kabul, white and dark 
brown. From the Peshawar district. 
Brown feit, made in Persia, and piece of coloured 
work, “ abrak.” From the Peshawar district. 
Table-cloth (very rare), worked on one side with 
shawl pattem, on the other with a design in velvet 
pile. From Kashmere. 
Woollen carpets (2). From Multan. 
Cloth (2 pieces), striped and checked. Cotton and 
wool mixture. Ludhyana district. 
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