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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

WEIGHTS.

(candareen)=.0133 oz. avoirdupois.

DI

=0.133 }}

11 >>

1 Fan

1 Ts'in (mace)

1 Leung (tacl)

1 Kan (catty)

= 1 lbs.

I Tàm (picul)

= 133

"

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 Ch'ek equal to 14 English inches, divided into 10 Ts'ün, and each Tr'ün into 10 Fun or tenths.

ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

4 Ounces avoirdupois.

8

"

27

1 Pound

2 Pounds

4

"J

10 oz. Troy.

18

"1

"

WEIGHTS.

7 Pounds avoirdupois.

14

""

"

28

نان

"}

is oz.

Troy.

1 Ounce #

2 Ounces

**

19

tnels.

1 Half Gill.

1 Gill.

1 Half Pint.

1 Pint.

1 Quart.

LESOTH

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 Hat and level with the rim of the vessel.

Measures of length, if mindle of wood or bamboo, shall (except yard measures imported from the United of doubt, of a Polico Magistrate, whose decision shall be fiunl. Kingdom) be tipped at the ends with metal to the satisfaction of the Examiner of Weights and Measures, or, in case

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