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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.
CHINESE WEIGHTS ANd measures.
WEIGHTS.
1 Fan (candareen)=.0133 oz. avoirdupois.
1 Ta'in (mace)
=0.133
И
n
1 Leung (tael)
1 Kan (catty)
=
1 "
=
1 bbs.
1 Tam (picul
= 133,
and the following weights, viz: 2, 3, 4, 5, taols; 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50, taols; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, tacls.
LENGTH.
1 Ch'ek oqual to 143 English inchos, divided into 10 Ts'ün, and each Tr'ün into 10 Fax or tenths.
ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
WEIGHTS.
4 Onnees avoirdupois
8
""
7 Pounds avoirdupois.
14
19
"
1 Pound
28
99
""
+
2 Pounds
56
19
19
4
"
"
1'6 oz. Try.
is
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**
$ 19
19
1 Half Gill.
LENOTIL.
1. oz. Troy.
10
1 Ounce 39
2 Ouncos,
1 Yard divided into feet and inches.
CAPACITY.
1 Half Gallon.
1 Gill.
1 Half Pint.
1 Pint.
1 Quart.
1 Gallon.
1 Pock.
1 Half Buslicl.
1 Bushel.
The contents of each measure to be not heaped, but flat and level with the rim of the vessel.
Measures of lougth, if made of wood or bamboo, shall (except yard incasures imported from the Unital of doubt, of a Polico Magistrato, whose decision shall be final Kingdom) bo tipped at the ends with metal to the satisfaction of the Examiner of weights and measures, or,
in caso
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