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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.
CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS.
↑ Fan (candureen )=,0133 oz. avoirdupois.
Trin (mare)
=0.133
1 Leung (tael)
=
1 Kan
(catty)
14
14
+1
**
4
| Tin (pienl)
-
1839
14
and the following weights, viz. :—2, 3, 4, 5 taels : 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50 taels: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700 mels
LENGTH.
1 Ch’ek equal to 141⁄2 English inches, divided inta 10 Ts'ïz, and each Ts'ün into 10 Fan or tenths.
ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS.
4 Ounces avoirdupois.
8
1 Pound
17
7 Pounds avoirdupois.
14
14
*
+3
19
28
2 Pounds
56
**
4
BY
oz. Troy.
*T
**
1 Half Gill.
1 Gin.
1 Half Piut.
1 Pint.
1 Quart,
"
LENGTH.
OZ. Troy,
1 Ounce
2 Ounces
1 Yard divided into feet and inches.
CAPACITY,
1 Half Gallon.
1 Gallon.
1 Peck.
1 Half Bashal.
| Bushel.
The contents of each measure to be not heapel, but Hat and level with the rim of the vessel
Measures of length, if made of wood or bamboo, shull (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.