WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
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4d. In the Straits 50-cent pieces are legal tender for the payment of any amount; so also are sovereigns.
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.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The peso, equivalent in value to fifty cents, United States Currency, is legal tender in the Philippine Islands to any amount, So also are the United States gold coins. The media or half peso is legal tender up to ten esos. Though the coinage is on a gold basis, no gold coins are in circulation, Government silver.certificates are issued for ten, five, and two pesos, and the Banco Español Filipina of Manila issues bank notes for five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred and two hundred pesos.
WEIGHTS
The official system is the Metric system, but weights of Spanish origin are still in com- mon use. The picul in the Philippines is 137 9 lbs., 16 piculs going to the ton.
1 Kwam-me
1 Hiyaku-me or
1 Momme
or
or 1,000 Momme 100 Momme
10 Fun
1 Fun
or
10 Rin
1 Rin
or
10 Mo
1 Mo
or
10 Shi
1 Shi
100 Kin
1 Hiyak-kin or 1 Kin
or 160 Momme = AгOTHECARIES WEIGHT-1
1 Jo
JAPANESE
WEIGHTS
3.7565217 kilogrammés 37.565217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 gramme 0.037565 gramme 0.003756 gramme
8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.8281707700 lb.. avoir., or 0.9082817077 lb. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lb. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lb. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lb. avoir., or 0.0000008282 lb. avoir., or 0.000375 gramme 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 60.1043472 kilogrammes
1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or 601.043472 grammes Riyo or 4 Momme equal 0.0402583013 lb. troy.
DRY MEASURE
nake 10 Shaku 1 Shaku make 10 Sun
make 10 Bu
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about 4 yards 5 inches English
about 1 foot 21 inches English about 1 inch English
LAND MEASURE
1 Sun
1 Ri
make 36 Cho
1 Cho
make 60 Ken
1 Ken
make 6 Shaku
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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
2 Atts
or 1 Pai
2 Pais
or 1 Seek
$0.0095 $0.019 $0 038
4 Bäts
4 Sálings or 1 Bätor Tical
or 1 Tämlü'ng
$0.60
$2.40
20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng
$48.00
2 Seeks
or 1 Fu'ang
$0.076
50 Ch❜ängs
or 1 Hấp
2 Fu'ang
or 1 Sálü'ng
$0.150
100 Häps
or 1 Tära
$2,400.00 =$240,000·00
WEIGHTS
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
12 Niws
make
1 K'ú'p
2 K'ú❜ps
make
1 Säwk
4 Säwks
make
1 Wah
inch 9 inches 19 inches 78 inches
20 Wahs
400 Sëns
make make
1 Sën
1 Yot
=
130 feet
94 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.
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1 Tänan......
20 Tänans make 1 Táng
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DRY MEASURE
14 pints
25 Tänans
make 1 Sat
15
pints 100 Tángs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan.)
A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 3341bs. avoirdupois.