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taols.

(Q5)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

1 Fun

WEIGHTS.

(candareen)

0.133

oz. avoirdupois.

1 Txin (mare). = 0.133

17

1 Leung (tacl)

14

19

1 Tbs.

19

Tam (pieul)

=

1334

**

14

1 Kan (catty)

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

LENGTH.

1 Chek (foot) equal to 141⁄2 English inches, divided into 10 Tsün or inches, and ench inch into 10 Fan or -

tenths.

•

ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

4 Ounces avoirdupois.

8

19

1 Pound

2 Pounds

1

To oz. Troy.

n

TO 21

1

"

**

"

WEIGHTS.

Pounds avoirdupois.

14

''

*

28

"

**

56

21

**

1 oz.

1 Ounce

Troy.

2 Ounces

}

1 Half Gill.

1 Gill..

1 Half Pint.

1 Pint.

1 Quart.

LENGTH.

1 Yard divided into feet and inches.

CAPACITY.

1 Half Gallon.

1 Gallon.

1 Peck.

1 Half Bushel.

1 Bushel.

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

Measures of length, if made of wood or bamboo, shali (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 **se of doubt, of a Police Magistrate, whose decision shall be final.