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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Ordinance No. 8 of 1885.

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

1 Fan

WEIGHTS.

(cundareen)=.0133 oz. avoirdupois.

1 Tsin (muce)

1 Leung (tuel)

1 Kan (catty)

=0,133

=

1

?1

19

1 lbs.

++

1 Tum

(pieul)

=

133

11

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

LENGTH,

1 Ch'ek equal to 148 English inches, divided into 10. 7s'ün, and each Ts'ün into 10 Fan or tenths,

ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

4 Ounces avoirdupois.

8

+

1 Pound

2 Pounds

+

49

1 oz. Troy.

2

10 +3

10 "

1 Half Gill,

I Gill.

1 Half Pint.

↑ Pint.

1 Quart.

WEIGIFTS,

7 Pounds avoirdupois.

14

28

*

11

嘴

ران

F 02.

1 Onnee

Troy.

2 Ounces

LENGTH.

1 Yard divided into feet and inches,

CAPACITY.

1 Half Gallon.

1 Gallon

1 Perk.

1 Half Bushel,

1 Bushel.

唱

The contents of each measure to be not heaped, but Hat und level with the rim of the vessel

Measures of length, if made 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, case of doubt, of a Police Magistrate, whose decision shall be final,

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