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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

HONGKONG AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

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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. Mexican and British dɔllars were dɔmɔnesised in the Straits Settlements in 19) and a Straits dollar sub- stituted. The value of this dollar is fixed at 23. 4d. In the Straits 50-cent pieces are legal tender for the payment of any amount; so also are sovereigns.

WRIGHTS AND MEASURE:-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

or

10 Shi

1 Shi

1 Hiyak-kin or

100 Kin

1 Kin

—

or 16) Momme =

JAPANESE

WEIGHTS

8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.828170770 lbs. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lbs. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lbs. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lbs. avoir., or 0.00000008282 lbs. avoir., or 132.5073 23 2011 lbs. avoir., or 1.325073232) lbs. avoir., or

3.7565217 kilogrammes

375.65217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 grammes 0,0375 15 grammes 0,0 3756 grammes 0.000375 grammes 60.1013172 kilogrammes 601.013172 grammes

APOTHECARIE3 WEIGHT-1 Riyo or Mɔnn; equal 0.0102533013 lbs. troy.

1 Jo make 10 Shaku 1 Shaku make 10 Sun 1 Sun

DRY MEASURE

=

=

about 4 yards 5 inches English about 1 foot 24 inches English about 1 inches English

LAND MEASURE

make 10 Bu

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.

2.413 English miles 119.305 English yards 59.653 English feet MONEY

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

SIAMESE

MONEY

2 Solot

or 1 Att

$0.0095

2 Atts

or 1 Pai

$0.019

2 Pais

or 1 Seek

$0.039

2 Seeks

or 1 Fu'ang

$0.076

4 Sáling3 or 1 BätorTical 4 Bäts

or 1 Talu'ng 20 fämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng 50 Ch'ängs or 1 Hip

$0.60

$2.40

$48.00

$2,400.00

2 Fu'ang

or 1 Sálü'ng

$0.150

100 Haps WEIGHTS

or 1 Tára

=$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

make

2 K'ú'ps

make

1 K'ú'p 1 Säwk

9t inches 19 inches

4 Säwks

make

1 Wah

20 Wahs

make

1 Sën

78 inches 130 feet

400 Sens

make

1 Yot

91 statute miles

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

1 Tinan......

20 Tinans make 1 Táng

DRY MEASURE

1 pints 25 Tänans

=

make 1 Sat

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

A Keean is 30 Picula; a Picul is 33 1lbs. avoirdupois.

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