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buys about 250 prs from villages a mo.
he says villages get mainly from [Waz Pir Moh.?] also buys from [Waz?].

never get any help from banks & govn; says govn wants to snatch everything
400 Rs income tax for yhe shop per yr.

4 shops of the 5 are relatives, [ind?] his
they live in another pt of town

commission agents from
Lahore
Nenkana
Fais.
[Sualk.?]
Waz.
Sangala Hill
also come & buy from them
-they made 45 pr. themselves-

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market better today then 10-15 yrs ago;
he says city people like these shoes

once a mo to Waz & to Lahore [?]
2 times a yr
by buy
none have land; all from Haf.
town, not villages
5Rs diff. if he sells seld & it sells
to commission agent
never hard to get leather
he can buy leather on credit if needs to,
but same price
750 Rs-

Pio Moh's shop - he is elder
[?] of Hanif's father
gets leather from Waz.
almost 200 [shoemakers strikethrough] enterprises get from his
about 50 in Haf & 250 in villages-
some shops of main rd & also 10-12 in area of town called Mohala [?] 
-he sells also to saddlemakers, bellmakers