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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:
UNIT
EQUIVALENTS
Domestic
British
Metric
Length*
1 fan
0.146 in
3.715 mm
1 tsun (Chinese inch)
10 fan
1.463 in
3.715 cm
=
1 chek (Chinese foot)
10 tsun
14.625 in
37.15 cm
1 cheung...
10 chek
4.063 yd
3.715 m
1 lei (Chinese mile)
706-745 yd
646-681 m
Area
1 dau chung
1 mow
Weight
:
...
806.7
sq yd
.6745 hec
1,008
sq yd
.8431 hec
1 fan
0.013 oz
3.78
dg
1 tsin or mace
10 fan
0.133 oz
3.78
go
1 leung or tael
10 tsin
1.333 oz
37.8
g
1 kan or catty
16 tael
1.333 lb
604.8
g
1 tam or picul
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.