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Appendix I
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 their British and Metric equivalents in the table below:
Length*
UNIT
1 fan
1 tsun (Chinese inch)...
1 chek (Chinese foot)
1 cheung
1 lei (Chinese mile)
Area
1 dau chung
1 mow.
Weight
1 fan
1 tsin or mace
1 leung or tael
1 kan or catty
1 tam or picul
...
...
EQUIVALENTS
Domestic
British
Metric
0.146 in
3.715 mm
10 fan
1.463 in
3.715 cm
+
10 tsun
14.625 in
37.15
cm
10 chek
4.063 yd
3.715 m
706-745 yd
646-681 m
806.7
sq yd
.6745 hec
1,008
sq yd
.8431 hec
0.013 oz
3.78
dg
10 fan
0.133 oz
3.78 g
...
10 tsin
1.333 oz
37.8
g
16 tael
1.333 lb
604.8
g
100 catty
133.333 lb
60.48
kg
* Values vary in practice. The statutory equivalent of the chek (foot) is 14§ in but the chek varies according to the trade in which it is used from 14 in to 11 in, the commonest equivalent being 14.14 in.