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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 Sraits dollar substituted.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:-English, Malay and hinese in the Straits Settlements, and English and Chinese in Hongkong and the Treaty Por, 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

or

10 Shi

1 Shi

1 Hiyak-kin or

100 Kin

1 Kin

JAPANESE

WEIGHTS

8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.8281707700 lbs. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lbs. avoir., or 0.0008281708 Ib3. avoir., or 0.0000328171 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lbз. avoir., or 0.0000008282 lbs. avoir., or - 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or

or 160 Momme =

3.7565217 kilogrammes 375.65217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 grammes 0.037565 grammes 0.003756 grammes 0.000375 grammes 60.10-13-172 kilogrammes 601.013172 grammes

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

DRY MEASURE

1 Jo make 10 Shaku =

1 Shaku make 10 Sun 1 Sun make 10 Bu

about 4 yards 5

inches English

about 1 foot 211 inches English

about 1 inches English

LAND MEASURE

1 Ri 1 Cho 1 Ken

make 36 Cho make 60 Ken make 6 Shaku

=

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

2.4103 English miles 119.305 English yards 59.653 English feet MONEY

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

SIAMESE

MONEY

4 Sálings or 1 BätorTical-

or 1 Tämlü'ng

20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng

2]Solot 2 Atts

or 1 Att

or 1 Pai

2 Pais

or 1 Seek

$0.0095

$0.019 $0 038

4 Bäts

2 Seeks

or 1 Fu'ang

$0-076

50 Ch'ängs

or 1 Häp

2 Fu'ang

or 1 Sálü'ng

$0.150

100 Häps

or 1 Tära

WEIGHTS

$0.

$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

+ inch

12 Niws

2 K'ú❜ps

make make

1 K'ú'p 1 Säwk

4 Säwks

make

1 Wal

20 Wabs

400 Söng

make make

1 Sën

91 inches 19 inches 78 inches 130 feet

1 Yot

91 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 Táng

DRY MEASURE

1 pints 25 Tänans

make 1 Sat

=

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

A Keoan is 20 Picula; a Picul is 1331 lbs. avoirdupois.