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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY.
HONGKONG AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
MONEY:-The legal tender is British or Mexican Dollars, local 50, 20, 10 and 5 cent silver pieces, to the amount of $2, bronze cents and mils in Hongkong, and one, half, and quarter cents in the Straits Settlements to the value of $1. Chopped dollars of any coinage except British, which it is illegal to deface, and subsidiary coins of the Kwangtung mint are in general use in Hongkong, while rupees and Indian Government currency notes circulate freely in the Straits. Some of the banks issue notes from one dollar upwards.
The gold value of the dollar during 1897 ranged from 28. lid. to 1s. 91d. A proposal to adopt a gold standard for the Straits Settlements is now under consideration by Government.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:-English, Malay and Chinese in the Straits Settlements, and English and Chinese in Hongkong and the Treaty Ports of China are used.
1 Kwam-me or 1,000 Momme
1 Hiyaku-me or
100 Momme
1 Momme
or
10 Fun
1 Fun
or
10 Rin
1 Rin
or
10 Mo
1 Mo
or
10 Shi
1 Shi
1 Hiyak-kin
or
100 Kin
1 Kin
or 160 Momme
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JAPANESE
WEIGHTS
8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 3.7565217 kilogrammes 0.8281707700 lbs. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lbs. avoir., or 0.0068281708 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lbs. avoir., 0.0000008282 lbs. avoir., or 132.5073232011 lbs, avoir., or
ог
375.65217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375052 grammes
0.037565 grammes
0.003756 grammes
0.000375 grammes
60.1043472 kilogrammes
1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or 601.043472 grammes
APOTHECARIES WEIGHT-1 Riyo or 4 Momme equal 0.0402583013 lbs. troy,
1 Jo make 10 Shaku 1 Shaku make 10 Sun
1 Sun make 10 Bu
DRY MEASURE
about 4 yards 5
inches English
about 1 foot 211 inches English
about 14 inches English
LAND MEASURE
1 Ri 1 Cho
make 36 Cho make 60 Ken
2.4403 English miles 119.305 English yards 59.653 English feet MONEY
1 Ken make 6 Shaku
On 1st October, 1897, Japan adopted a gold standard, taking the yen (dollar) at 24:59 pence sterling. The coinage is decimal.
SIAMESE
MONEY
2 Solot
or 1 Att
$0.0095
2 Atts
or 1 Pai
$0.019
♠ Silings 4 Büts
2 Pais
or 1 Seek
$0.038
2 Seeks
or 1 Fu'ang
$0.076
2 Fu'ang
or 1 Sálü'ng
$0.150
or 1 Bätor Tical or 1 Tämlü'ng 20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng 50 Ch'ängs or 1 Hiệp 100 Häps WEIGHTS
09-0$
$2.40
$48.00 $2,400.00
or 1 Tära
= $24,000.00
The standard of weight being the coin of the country, weights are designated by the same terms. A Tical weighs 236 grains troy.
The Siamese standard of weight is just double that of the Chinese, and goods are bought and sold in Bangkok more by the Chinese than the Siamese standard,
LONG MEASURE
1 Niw
# inch
12 Niws
2 K'ú'ps
make make
1 K'á'p
1 Säwk
91 inches 19 inches
4 Sawks
make
1 Wah
78 inches
20 Wabs
make
1 Sën
180 feet
400 Söng
make
1 Yot
= 91 statute miles
Note. Timber is bought by the Yök, which is 64 Säwk in length by 1 Säwk in width or 36,864 Siamese inches, being equivalent to 169 square feet.
1 Tänan......
20 Tänans make 1 Ting
DRY MEASURE
=
25 Tänane
make 1 Sat
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15 pinta 100 Tángs or 80 Sat make 1 Kesan (Coyan.)
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A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 183 lbs. avoirdupois.