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SWATOW
SWATOW AMUSEMENT Co., Kialat Cinema
H. C. Best, proprietor
SWATOW-CHAO CHOW RAILWAY CO., LTD.
-P.O. Box 65; Tel. Ad: Railway
Board of Directors-Chong Kwek Liang (chairman, absent), Lim Zie Sin (acting chairman), Yew Ah Kow, Cheah Lean Guan, Cheah Leong Mok, Chong Lim Kwee Yap and Chong Tong Tjew Secretary-W. T. Ching
SWATOW PILOTAGE SERVICE
G. St. M. Stocker (Licensed Pilot and
Marine Surveyor to Lloyd's Agent)-
P.O. Box 11;. Tel. Ad: Pilot; Radio Ad: Stocker
C. H. Wood (Senion Licensed Pilot, Marine Surveyor to H.B.M. Govern- ment and to Lloyd's Agents, Claims Surveyor)-16, Customs Road; Radio Ad: Pilot
CHINESE
司公油火古士德
Teh shih ku huo yu kung szu
TEXAS CO., THE, Texaco Petroleum Pro-
1
ducts-25, Customs Road; Teleph. 282; Tel. Ad: Texaco; Code: Bentley's
M. T. Ko
Y. C. Pang
TONKIN & Co., H., Manufacturers of Hand-
made Embroidery-115, Kialat Road
L. H. Woo, partner
Tshu Sok Che (Mrs.), Manufacturer and Exporter of Swatow Drawn Work, Hand Made Lace and Embroideries-8, Sin Heng Road, Kialat; Teleph. 136; P.O. Box 36; Tel. Ad: Tshusokche; Codes: Bentley's, Universal Trade Code, A.B.C. 5th and Private
司公務船亨元
YUAN HENG Shipping Co.
Chua Siu Hong, manager
S. G. Ben
Goldenburg Kee I
MEASURES
Y. T Be
MEASURE OF LENGTH
10 fun
10 tsun
10 chih
1 fun 分
*14 inch English
分make 1 tsun f(inch)
=
1-41 inch English
make 1 chih
(foot)
=
14.1 inches English
make 1 chang
(pole)
The length of the Chang is fixed by the
5 chih make 1 pú
= 11 ft. 9 inches English
Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.
尺make1
360 pú
make 1 li
步(pace) 里
10 li
250 li
里 make 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league) 里 make 1 tu
度 (degree)
= about 5 feet English
about English Mile
= about 31 English Miles
LAND MEASURE
1 chih R
=
13.126 inches
5 chih 尺make 1 pú 步 24 pú步make 1 fun 芬 60 pú 步make 1 kioh 角
4 kioh 角 make 1 mow 100 mow 畝 wake1 king頃
30-323 square feet 80-862 square yards =202.156 square yards
26.73 square poles
16.7 acres
=
The Mow, which is the unit of measurement, is almost exactly one-sixth of an acre.
Weights and measures in China vary in every province and almost every district, and differ in the same districts for different kinds of goods. The words picul, catty, tael, mace and candareen are not Chinese.
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