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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 conts 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 1902 ranged from 18. 102d. to 1s. 8d. A proposal to adopt a gold standard for the Straits Settlements is now under consideration by Governinent.
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 liiyaku-me or 100 Momme 1 Momme or 10 Fun
1 Fun
or
10 Rin
1 Rin
or
10 Mo
1 Mo
or
lo Shi
I Shi
100 Kin
1 Kin
1 Hiyak-kin or
or 160 Momme =
JAPANESE
WEIGHTS
8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.8281707700 lbs. avoir., or 0.0082847077 lbs. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000008282 lbs. avoir., or 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 1,3250732320 lbs. avoir., or
3.7565217 kilogrammes 375.65217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 grammes 0.037565 grainmes 0.003756 grammes 0.000375 grammes 60.1013172 kilogrammes 601.013472 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
DRY MEASURE
=
about 4 yards 5
inches English
=
about 1 inches English
about 1 foot 214 inches English
make 10 Bu
1 Ri
nahe 36 Cho
1 Cho
make 60 Ken
1 Ken make Shaku
LAND MEASURE
=
2.4403 English miles 119.305 English yards 59.653 English feet MONEY
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
2 Pais
or 1 Seek
$0.038
2 Seeks
or 1 Fu'ang
$0.076
14 Bats
20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Chäng 50 Ch’ängs or 1 Hip
i 4 Salings or 1 Bät orTical
or 1 Tämling
$0.60
$2.40
$48.00
2 Fu'ang
or 1 Sålü'ng
$0.150
| 100 Häps
or 1 Tara
WEIGHTS
$2.400.00 —$240,000·00
The standard of weight being the coin of the country, weights are designated by the same teruia. 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 12 Niws
2 K'ú'ps
make make
1 K'ú'p 1 Sawk
a inch 9 inches 19 inches
4 Sawks
make
1 Wah
20 Wahs
400 Sens
make make
1 Sön
1 Yot
78 inches 130 feet
93 statute miles
Note.-Timber is bought by the Yök, which is 6 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 Táng
DRY MEASURE 1) pints
25 Tänans
make 1 Sat
15 piuts 100 Túngs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan.)
Digitized by 100gle
A Kecan is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 133 lbs. avoirdupois.