WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
1 liang
16 liang 100 kin
(tael) make 1 kin
(catty) make 1 tan
120 kin
(catty) make 1 shia
CHINESE
WEIGHTS
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=
(tael)
1:333 oz. avoir., or 37 78 graminės (catty) 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 60453 grammes (picul) 133-333 lbs. avoir., or 60-453 kilogrammes 160.000 lbs. avoir., or 72-544 kilogrammes
(stone)
Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taels; one hundredweight equals 84 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.
10 koh
MEASURE OF CAPACITY
1 koh合(gill) make 1 sheng # (pint)
0:103 litre
= 1.031 litre
10 sheng Ħ make 1 tou 斗(peck) = 10:31 litre
MEASURE OF LENGTH
1 fun 分
10 fun
♬ make 1 tsun
(inch)
14 inch English = 1:41 inch English
10 tsun
make 1 chih
(foot)
=
10 chih
make 1 chang
(pole)
=
The length of the Chang is fixed by the
6 chih
make 1 pú
360 pú
步makelli
make 1 li
10 li
250 li
里
make 1 tu
141 inches English 11 ft. 9 inches English
Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.
(pace)
里
= about 5 feet English
= about English Mile
make 1 tang-sun (league) about 31 English Miles
里 tang-sun汛塘
5 chih
=
(degree)
LAND MEASURE
1 chih 尺
=
make 1 pú
24 pú 步 wake 1 fun 芬
60 pú
make 1 kioh
4 kioh
make 1 mow
100 mow
make 1 king t
13.126 inches
30-323 square feet
80-862 square yards
=202.156 square yards
26.73 square poles
16.7 acres
The Mow, which is the unit of measurement, is almost exactly one-sixth of an acre. Weights and measures in China vary in every province and almost every district, and differ in the same districts for different kinds of goods. The words picul, catty, tael, mace, candareen, are not Chinese.
-032 of a penny 32 of a penny
MONEY
1 li
***(cash)
make 1 fên
(candareen)
芬 make 1 chien 錢(mace)
28. 8d.
3.2 pence
10 li
10 fén
10 ch'ien make 1 liang (tael)
The Tael may be taken as worth one and a third silver dollar.
The above are weights of silver. They are not represented by any coin except the copper cash, which is supposed to be the equivalent in value of a li of silver, but the value of which differs greatly in different districts and at different times. They have no uniform intrinsic value, being made large and small and of varying composition. Silver is used uncoined in ingots, usually of fifty taels more or less, in weight, called "shoes," the usual shape beng not unlike a Chinese shoe. In the maritime district from Canton to Amoy chopped dollars are the general medium of exchange. In 1890 a mint was established for the coinage of silver dollars and subsidiary pieces, and more recently mints for silver and copper coinage have been opened at Nanking, Wuchang, and Tientsin, and others are projected. The coins, although supposed to be of equal weight and fineness, are differently inscribed. Some of the foreign banks issue tael and dollar notes of the value of one dollar and upwards at the larger of the Treaty Ports.
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