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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 711 of 1904.

BRITISH IMPERIAL MEASURES

AND THEIR

CHINESE EQUIVALENTS.

According to Ordinance No. 2 of 1885, 14625 English Inches are

equal to One Chek, or 10 Tsün, or 100 Fan.

From this the following proportions are calenlated :-

LINEAL YARD.

LINEAL LINEAL

FOOT.

INCH.

UNIT, 1 CHER LONG,

尺

壹

0.40625

1.21875 14.62500

1.00000

1.00000

3.00000 36.00000

2.46154

1.00000 12.00000

0.82051

1.00000

0.06838

SQUARE SQUARE

YARD.

FOOT.

UNIT, 1 CHEK × 1 CHEK. 尺壹活八壹長

UNIT. 10 CHEK × 10 CHER. 丈活丈壹長

16.50391 148.53516

100.00000

1.00000

0.16504 1.48535

1.00000

0.01000

1.00000 9.00000

6.05917

0.06059

...

1.00000

0.67324

0.00673

CUBIC YARD.

CUBIC

UNIT, 1 CHEK × 1CHEK X 1 CHEK. UNIT, 10 CHEK × 10 СNEK × 1 CHEK.

Foor.

尺壹高尺壹活尺長 尺壹厚活丈壹長

6.70471181.02723

0.00705

1.81027

1.00000

27.00000

1.00000

***

:

100.00000

1.00000

1.00000

0.01000

14.91488

0.14915

0.55240

0.00552