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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1885,

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

WEIGHTS,

1 Fun (cundareen)=.0133

1 Tsin (mace) =0.133

OZ. Avoirdupois

1 Leung (tal)

=

14

+

| Kan (catty)

1

16.

1 Tüm (picut)

= 133

17

24

17

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

LENGTA.

1 Chick equal to 14ĝ English inches, divided into 10 Tɔ'ün and each Ts'ün into 10 Fan or tenths.

ENGLISHI WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

4 Ounces Avoirdupois.

8

J

1 Pound

2 Pounds

1

7

14

"

28

ناد

*

11

11

*

WEIGHTS.

To oz.

Troy.

10 1

AN

17

18

H

11

1 Oance **

2 Ounces "

1 Half Gil

LENGTH.

1 Yard divided into feet and inches.

CAPACITY.

1 Gill.

1 Half Pint.

1 Pint.

1 Quart.

1 Half Gullon.

1 Gallou,

1 Peck.

1 Half Bushel.

1 Bushel.

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 bamboo, shall (except yard measures importel from the United

Kingdom) be tipped at the ends with metal to the satisfaction of the Examiner of Weights and Measures,” or, in case of doubt, of a Police Magistrate, whose decision shall be final.

A Police Inspector.

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