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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

HONGKONG AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

MONEY-The legal tender is British or Mexican Dollars, local 50, 20, 10 and 5 cent silver pieces. to the amount of $2, bronze cents and mils in Hongkong, and one, half, and quarter cents in the Straits Settlements to the value of $1. Chopped dollars of any coinage except British, which it is illegal to deface, and subsidiary coins of the Kwangtung mint are in general use in Hongkong, while rupees and Indian Government currency notes circurate freely in the Straits. Some of the banks issue notes from one dollar upwards.

The gold value of the dollar during 1899 ranged from 18. 113d. to Is. 101d.1 A proposal to adopt a gold standard for the Straits Settlements is now under consideration by Government.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-English, Malay and Chinese in the Straits Settlements, and English and Chinese in Hongkong and the Treaty Ports of China are used.

1 Kwam-me or 1,000 Momme

1 Hiyaku-me or

100 Momme

1 Momme

or

10 Fun

1 Fun

or

10 Rin

1 Rin

or

10 Mo

1 Mo

ог

10 Shi

1 Shi

1 Hiyak-kin OF

100 Kin

1 Kin

JAPANESE

WEIGHTS

8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.828170770 lbs. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lbs. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000328171 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lbs. avoir., or 0.000000S282 lbs. avoir., or - 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or

or 160 Momme =

3.7565217 kilogrames 375.65217 grames 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 grammes 0.037565 grammes 0.003756 grammes

0.000375 grammes 60.1043472 kilogrammes 601.043472 grammes

APOTHECARIES WEIGHT-1 Riyo or 4 Momme equal 0.0402583013 lbs. troy.

1 Jo make 10 Shaku 1 Shaku make 10 Sun

1 Sun

make 10 Bu

1 Ri make 36 Cho 1 Cho make 60 Ken 1 Ken make 6 Shaku

DRY MEASURE

-

about 4 yards 5

about 1 foot 2

inches English

inches English

about 1 inches English

LAND MEASURE

2.443 English miles = 119.305 English yards

=

On 1st October, 1897, Japan adopted penco sterling. The coinage is decimal.

59.653 English feet

MONEY

a gold standard, taking the yen (dollar) at 24-59

SIAMESE

MONEY

2 Solot

or 1 Att

$0-0095

4 Silings

or 1 Bätor Tical

2 Atts

or 1 Pai

$ 019

4 Bäts

2 Pais

or 1 Seek

$0.038

or 1 Tämlü'ng

20 Tämlü'ngз or 1 Ch'äng

2 Seeks

or 1 Fu'ang

30-076

50 Ch'angs

or 1 Hap

2 Fu'ang

or 1 Sålü'ng

$U-150

100 Hüps

or 1 Tära

WEIGHTS

=

$0-60 $2.40 $48.00

$2,400.00 =$240,000·00

The standard of weight being the coin of the country, weights are designated by the same terms. A Tical weighs 236 grains troy.

The Siamese standard of weight is just double that of the Chinese, and goods are bought and sold in Bangkok more by the Chinese than the Siamese standard.

LONG MEASURE

1 Niw

12 Niwa

2 K'ú'ps

make make

1 K'ú'p

1 Sawk

4 Sawks

make

1 Wali

inch 9 inches 19 inches 78 inches

20 Wahs

make

1 Sản

= 130 feet

400 Sëns

make

1 Yot

=

94 statute miles

Note. Timber is bought by the Yök, which is 64 Säwk in length by 1 Säwk in width or 36,864 Siamese inches, being equivalent to 169 square feet.

1 Tänan.....

20 Tänans make 1 láng

DRY MEASURE

I pints 25 Tänans

make 1 Sat

15 pints 100 Túngs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan.)

A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 1333 lbs. avoirdupois.

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