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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.
CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS.
(candareen).0183 oz. avoirdupois.
1 Fan
1 Tr'in (mace) =0.133
1 Leung (tael)
14
DS
1 Kan (catty)
1 Hbg.
11
1 Tám (picul)
24 -
133
and the following weights, viz.:-2, 3, 4, 5 tæel、: 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50 taels; 100, 200, 800, 400, 500, 700 taels.
LENGTH.
1 Ch’ek equal to 14ğ English inches, divided into 10 Tr'ün, und each. Ts'ün into 10 Fun or tenths.
ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS.
4 Ounces avoirdupois.
Pounds avoirdupois.
14
+
"
1 Pound
28
"
2 Pounds
56
**
4
T'o oz. Troy.
१०.
"
*
+
1 Half Gill.
1 Gill.
1 full Pint.
i l'int.
•
1 Quart.
LENGTH.
T 0%.
I Ounco
2 Ounces
1 Yard divided into feet and inches.
CAPACITY.
Troy.
**
1 Half Gallon.
1 Gallon.
1 Peck.
1 Half Bushel.
I Bushel.
The contents of each monsuro to be not huupod, but fat and love! with the rim of the vossal,
Measures of length, if male of wood or bamboo, shinil (except yard measures imported from the United Kingdom) be tipper at the ends with metal to the satisfaction of the Examiner of Weights and Measures, or, in ense of doubt, of n Police Magistrato, whose decision shall be final.