Chapter 4
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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)
.0133 ounces avoirdupois
1 ts'in (mace)
.133
ounces avoirdupois
1 leung (tael)
1.33
ounces avoirdupois
1 kan (catty)
1.33
pounds avoirdupois
1 tam (picul)
133.33
pounds avoirdupois
1 ch'ek (foot)
Statutory equivalent 14
inches. The ch'ek is divided into 10 ts'un (inches) and each ts'un into ten fan or tenths.
In practice the equivalent length of a to the trade in which it is used from 14 the commonest equivalent being 14.14
ch'ek varies according inches to 11 inches, inches.
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