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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
HONGKONG AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
MONEY:-The legal tender in Hongkong is British or Mexican Dollars, local 50, 20, 10 and 5 cent silver pieces, to the amount of $2, bronze cents and mils. 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. Some of the banks issue notes from one dollar upwards. On May 30th, 1903, the Straits Settlements adopted a gold standard and on August 24th, 1904, the Mexican and British dollars were demonetised and a Straits dollar substituted.
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 100 Momme
10 Fun
1 Hiyaku-me or
1 Momme or
1 Fun
or
10 Rin
1 Rin
or
10 Mo
1 Mo
or
10 Shi
1 Shi
1 Hiyak-kin
or
100 Kin
1 Kin
or 160 Momme =
JAPANESE
WEIGHTS
8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.8281707700 lbs. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lbs. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000008282 lbs. avoir., or 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or
3.7565217 kilogrammes 375.65217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 grammes 0.037565 grammes 0.003756 grammes 0.000375 grammes 60.1043172 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 ᎡᎥ
make 36 Cho
1 Cho make 60 Ken 1 Ken make 6 Shaku
DRY MEASURE
=
about 4 yards 5
inches English
=
about 1 foot 24 inches English
about 1 inches English
LAND MEASURE
2.4103 English miles
119.305 English yards
=
On 1st October, 1897, Japan adopted pence sterling. The coinage is decimal.
59.653 English feet
MONEY
a gold standard, taking the yen (dollar) at 24-59
SIAMESE
MONEY
4 Sálings or 1 Bät orTical:
2 Solot
or 1 Att
$0.0093
2 Atts
or 1 Pai
$0.019
4 Bäts
or 1 Tämlü'ng
2 Pais
or 1 Seek
$0.038
20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng
2 Seeks
or 1 Fu'ang
$0.076
50 Ch❜ängs
or 1 Hip
2 Fu'ang
or 1 Sálü'ng
$0.150
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 Niws
make
1 K'ú'p
2 K'ú'ps
make
1 Säwk
4 Säwks
make
1 Walı
inch 9 inches 19 inches 78 inches
20 Wabs
make
1 Sën
= 130 feet
400 Sens
make
1 Yot
=
93 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 Táng
DRY MEASURE
I pints 25 Tänans
=-
make 1 Sat
15 pints 100 Tángs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan.) A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 133 lbs. avoirdupois.
Original from UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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