tacls.

(Q5)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

WEIGHTS.

(enndareen) 0.133

1 Fun

1 Tsin (mace)

1 Leung (tacl)

1 Kan (catty)

=

= 0.133

13

oz. avoirdupois.

#

+4

lbs.

1 Tâm (pieul)

"

=

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and the following weights, viz: 2, 3, 4, 5, tnels: 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50, taels; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700,

LENGTH.

1 Chek (foot) equal to 143 English inches, divided into 10 Tsun or inches, and each inch into 10 Fan or tenths.

ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

WEIGHTS.

4 Ounces avoirdupois.

7 Pounds avoirdupois.

8

14

#

19

1. Pound

28

19

""

19

2 Pounds

56

31

19

21

1

"

1's 0%. Troy.

11

to "

3

31

To 02.

1 Ounce

Troy.

11

2 Onnees

"

LENGTH.

1 Yard divided into feet and inches.

CAPACITY.

1 ITAlf Gill.

1 Gill.

1 Half Pint.

1 Pint.

1 Quart.

1 Half Gallon.

1 Gallon.

1 Peck.

1 Half Bushel.

1 Bushol.

The contents of each measure to be not heaped, but flat and level with the rim of the vessel.

Measures of longth, if made of wood or bamboo, shall (except yard measures imported from the United Kingdom) be tipped at the ends with metal to the satisfaction of the Examiner of weights and measures, or, in case of doubt, of a Police Magistrato, whoso decision shall be final,

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