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MEASURES OF LENGTH.
English Standard Measures are employed in the Colony, and also the following Chinese :-
According to the Measure established by the Tariff, 141 English Inches, or 3+ Yards,.
14 English Inches,
About 13 English Inch,
Ten Fun one Tsun,
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Four Yards
Choong
丈
Covid
尺
Chek
Inch
寸
Tsun
Fun 分
Ten Lip one Fun,
GRAIN.
One Shik 3,160 Cubic Tsun (or Chinese Inches)
2 Hoh
斛 make one
Shik, or one Stone.
5 Tow
斗
make one Hoh, or 1,580 Cubic Tsun.
10 Shing make one
Tow, or 316
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10 Koh
make one
Shing, or 31.6
13
2 Yob
make one
A Kob, or Gill.
5 Choh
句 make one
Yob, or Cup.
10 Chau make one
Chob, or Ladle.
10 Trob
make one Chou, or Handful.
10 Kwei make one
Tsob, or Pugil.
Line
*i
Lip
LIST OF STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DEPOSITED
IN THE COLONIAL TREASURY, HONGKONG.
Standard Weights English.
Standard Measures of Length,
Fifty-six pounds.
Twenty-eight pounds.
Fourteen pounds. Seven pounds.
Avoirdupois Four pounds.
Troy
Two pounds.
One pound. One half pound.
One quarter pound.
Two ounces. One ounce. Eight drame. Four drama. Two drams. One dram.
One yard.
One foot. One inch.
Standard Measures of Capacity.
One bushel.
One half bushel.
One peck.
One gallon.
One half gallon.
One quart.
Que pint. One half pint. Que gill.
One half gill.