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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.
CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS.
1 Fan
(caudarcen)
=
.0133 oz. avoirdupois.
1 Ts'in (mace)
=
= 0.133
"1
1 Leung (tael)
1
"1
>>
1 Kun (catty)
13 Ds.
"
1 Tàm (pieul)
=
133
ง
and the following weights, viz: 2, 3, 4, 5, tacls; 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50, tucls; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, tacls.
LENGTH.
1 Chick equal to 143 English inches, divided into 10 Ts'ün, and each Ts'ün into 10 Fan or teuthis.
ENGLISH! WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
4 Ounces avoirdupois.
8
12
17
1 Ponud
"
2 Pounds
**
4
19
1's oz. Troy.
to "
**
WEIGHTS.
7 Pounds avoirdupois.
14
ED
13
28
56
D
"J
11
fo oz.
Troy.
LENGTH.
1 Ounce #1
2 Ounces ""
I Yard divided into feet and inches.
CAPACITY.
"
1 Half Gill.
1 Gill.
1 Half Pint.
1 Pint.
1 Quart.
I Half Gallon.
1 Gallon.
i Pack.
1 Half Bushel.
1 Bushel.
The contents of each measure to be not heaped, but flat and level with the rim of the vessel.
Measures of length, 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 Magistrate, whose decision shall be final.