Note 16 — Chapter XVII · ISPAHAN.
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The present comparative dearness of provisions, such as bread, milk, eggs, etc., is compensated for by a corresponding cheapness in the price of sugar, candles, etc., which formerly were more expensive. I append a list of prices in Ispahan in 1882:—
Kerans. s. d.
Rice (per maund, 14 lbs.) 2 1 6
Mutton ” ” 2 1 6
Beef ” ” 1½ 1 1½
Fowls (each) ¾ to 1 7d., 8d. and 0 9
Small chickens (each) ⅓ 0 3
Pigeons ” 0 2
Partridges ” ½ 0 4½
Eggs (40 to 60) 1 0 9
Butter (14 lbs.) 5 3 9
Clarified butter or ghee for cooking (14 lbs.) 5 to 7 4s. to 5 0
Coffee, Mocha (per lb.) 1 9d. to 0 10
Tobacco (14 lbs.) 4 to 12 3s. to 10 0
Potatoes ” ½ to 2 4½d. to 1 6
Wood for firing (280 lbs.) 2½ 1 9
” broken, in small quantities (280 lbs.) 5 3 9
Loaf-sugar, English (per lb.) ¾ to 1 6d. to 0 9
Charcoal, sifted (14 lbs.) ½ to 1 4½d. to 0 9
” unsifted ” ¼ to ½ 2d. to 0 4½
Grapes ” 7/20 to 15/20 3d. to 0 7
Dip candles ” 4 3 0
Commonest oil for servants (14 lbs.) 1½ 1 1½
Bread (14 lbs.) 1 to 1½ 9d. to 1 1
The cost of horse-keep, including grooms’ wages, shoeing, etc., is from 9d. to 1s. a day; this is supposing several are kept.