WEIGHTS
&
MEASURES
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Chapter 5.
The weights and measures in use in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom and of the following Chinese weights and measures:---
1 fan (candareen)
156
.0133 ounces avoirdupois
1 ts'in (mace)
.133
ounces avoirdupois
1 leung (tael)
1.33
ounces avoirdupois
1 kan (catty)
1.33
1 t'am (picul)
133.33
1 ch'ek (foot)
1/3 (stg.)
pounds avoirdupois pounds avoirdupois Statutory equivalent 14 inches, but in actual practice it varies according to trade from 149 inches to 111 inches. The commonest value is 14.14 inches. The ch'ek is divided into 10 ts'ün (inches) and each ts'ün into ten fan or tenths.
1/6id. (Aust.)
U.S.$0.1727
H.K. $1
(approx).
£1 stg.
H.K.$16.
U.S.$1
H.K.$5.789211.