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112 new loom costs 3000 Rs (string heddles) wooden loom lasts only 6 mo. so there is a trend to replace w/ iron are now 10 iron looms in village s.times wooden looms break down, they say, + breaks head of a child - total no. of looms in Kingriawali about 100 they think nearby villages not so involved in carpets, only 1 or 2 looms each; 1 - Mohd. Adram (M) 19 yr. 2 - Sultan (M) 15 yr. 3 - Yunus (M) 13 yr. 4 - Yunus (M) 12 yr. 5 - Ata Ulluh (M) 10 yr. 6 - Rafiq (M) 9 yr. [[right margin]] all boys he listed [[/right margin]] we saw a little girl on training Rubina, age 6 (F) also another little boy on training Moh. Imran, age 4 113 paid fortnightly paid at rate of 10 min + 20 max per day Rubina now paid 4 Rs per day - children not paid when enterprise shuts down due to lack capital - spends 1300-1500 per fortnight on wages he says can finish 8 carpets a yr (4 each loom) under normal circumstances last yr. he had only 1 loom, his sisters using & finished only 3 carpets; he makes 5 x 8 or 7 x 4. 5ft carpets can sell a 5 x 8 for 5500 up to 7000; costs him 5000 to make, he says & 1500-2000 net profit per can sell 7 x 4.5 for 5500-6000; costs 4,500 to make; net profit 1000, they say sometimes people from Lahore