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Weights and Measures
THE weights and measures used in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom, and also the Chinese weights and measures given with
with their
their British and Metric equivalents in the table below:
Length*
1 fan
UNIT
I
Domestic
EQUIVALENTS
British
Metric
0.146 in
3.715 mm
1 ts'un or tsun (Chinese inch)
10 fan
1.463 in
3.715 cm
1 ch'ek or check (Chinese foot)
1 cheung
10 ts'un
14.625 in
37.15 cm
10 ch'ek
4.063 yd
1 lei (Chinese mile)
706-745 yd
3.715 m
646-681 m
·
Area
1 dau chung
1 mow
Weight
1 fan or candareen
1 ts'in or tsun or mace
806.7 sq yd
6.745 a
1,008
sq yd
8.431 a
:
10 fan
0.013 oz
0.133 oz
3.78 dg
3.78 g
1 tael or tahil or leung
10 ts'in
1.333 oz
37.8 g
1 catty or kan
16 tael
1.333 lb
604.8 g
1 picul or tam
100 catty
133.333 Ib
60.48 kg
* Values vary in practice. The statutory equivalent of the ch'ek (foot) is 14 in but the ch'ek varies according to the trade in which it is used from 14 in to 11 in, the commonest equivalent being 14.14 in.