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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 711 or 1904.

BRITISH IMPERIAL MEASURES

AND THEIR

CHINESE EQUIVALENTS.

According to Ordinance No. 2 of 1885, 14·625 English Inches are

equal to One Chek, or 10 Ts'ün, or 100 Fan.

From this the following proportions are calculated :—

FOOT.

LINEAL LINEAL LINEAL

YARD.

INCH.

UNIT, 1 CHEK LONG.

尺

壹

0.40625 1.21875 11.62500

1.00000

I

1.00000 3.00000 36.00000

2.46154

1.00000 12.00000

0.82051

1.00000

0.06838

SQUARE YARD.

SQUARE FOOT.

+

16.50391148.53516

0.16504

1.48535

1.00000

9.00000

1.00000

*

X

USIT, 1 CHEK × 1 CHEK. 尺壹闊尺壹長

X

UNIT, 10 CHEK × 10 CREK. 丈壹闊丈壹長

100.00000

1.00000

1.00000

0.01000

6.05917

0.06059

0.67324

0.00673

CUBIC YARD,

CUBIC FOOT.

UNIT, 1 CHEK XI CHEK × 1 CHEK. UNIT, 10Curr × 19Cner × 1 Chex.

1尺高尺壹闊尺長 尺堂厚壹壹長

6.70471181.02723

100.00000

1.00000

0.06705

1.81027

1.00000

0.01000

1.00000 27.00000

14.91488

0.14915

...

1.00000

0.55240

0.00552