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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1885.

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

WEIGHTS.

(candareen)=.0133 oz. Avoirdupois.

=0.133

↑ Fan

1 Tsin (mace)

1 Loung (tuel)

1 Kon (entty)

14 this.

1 Tam (picul)

= 1339

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

LENGTH.

1 Ch'ck equal to 143 English inchos, divided into 10 Ts'ün, and each 7'sine into 10 Fan or tenths.

ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

4 Ounces Avoirdupois,

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1 Pound

2 Pounds

4

7

14

28

15

56

?

1 Half Gill.

1 Gill.

| Half Pint.

1 Pint.

I Quart.

"

W

WEIGHTS.

ihoz.

Troy.

Τη 11

3

10

10

1 Ounce

2 Ounces

LENGTHL

1 Yard divided into feet nud inches.

L'APACITY,

1 Half Gallou

| Gallon.

1 Peck.

1 Half Bushe!

1 Busbel.

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

Measures of length, if made of wood or bambon, shall (except fard 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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• A Folice Inspector.