SIAMESE MONEY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
4 Sálings or 1 Bät or Tical
4 Bäts
or 1 Tämlü'no
20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng
MONEY
=
$0.60 $2.40 $48.00
50 Ch❜ängs
100 Häps
or 1 Hip
$2,400.00
or 1 Tära
-$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
inch 9 inches
2 K'ú'ps
make
1 Sawk
19 inches
4 Sawks
make
1 Wah
78 inches
20 Wahs
make
1 Sën
= 130 feet
400 Sens
make
1 Yot
9 statute miles
Note.-Timber, is bought by the Yök, which is 64 Säwk in length by 1 Sawk in width or 36,864 Siamese inches, being equivalent to 169 square feet..
DRY MEASURE
1 Tänan...
20 Tanans make 1Tổng
=
1 pints 15 pints
25 Tänans
make 1 Sat
100 Tángs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan).
A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 133 lbs. avoirdupois.
The metric system is widely used in commerce. A law promulgated in 1924 provides that the metric system shall be the standardised and legalised system of weights and measures in Siam, but this law is optional for the time being.