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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

WEIGHTS.

(candareen)=.0133 oz. avoirdupois.

1 Fan

1 Ts'in (maco)

1 Leung (trol)

=0.133 **

**

**

1 Kan (catty)

=

1 lbs.

1 Tâm (pin))

=

1834

"

י

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

LENGTH.

1 Ch'ck equal to 14 English inches, divided into 10 Ts'ün, and each Ts'ün into 10 Fau or tenths.

ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

WEIGHTS.

4 Ounces avoirdupois.

7 Pounds avoirdupois.

8

14

J

"}

+

1 Pound

28

**

*

2 Pounds

56

J1

"1

J

4

"

1' oz. Troy.

16 " i's "

"}

29

LENGTH.

To 02.

1 Ounce

2 Ounces J2

1 Yard divided into fect and inches.

Troy.

1 Half Gill.

CAPACITY.

1 Half Gallon.

1 Gill.

1 Half Pint.

1 Pint.

1 Quart.

1 Gallon.

1 Peck.

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 male 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 ease of doubt, of a Police Magistrate, whose decision shall be final.