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First hand information after this lapse of time is naturally scarce. The above merely serves to indicate that this was a term formerly in use in the Hong Kong region, but one which, as usual, could be applied with variation.
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See Hayes 1977, pp. 116-119 and 226-7. An overview of leadership and its occasions is given in Section IV of the Introductory chapter of Hayes 1983.
The tau chung is the normal local unit of land measurement and represents the land requiring one bushel of seeds to sow properly (一斗種). While the amount of land represented by the tau chung varied according to the type of soil, fertility, etc. It was often close to one-sixth of an acre.
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