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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

CHINESE

WEIGHTS

1 liang

16 liang 100 kin

(tael) make 1 kin (catty) make 1 tan

120 kin

(catty) make I shik

(tael) (catty) = (picul) (stone)

1.333 oz. avoir., or 37.78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604:53 gramme 133.333 lbs. avoir., or 60·453 kilogrammes 160 000 lbs. avoir., or 72-544 kilogrammes

Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taelsz one hundredweight equals 84 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.

MEASURE OF CAPACITY

1 koh✰ (gill) = 0·103 litre

10 koh 10 sheng

make 1 sheng

(pint)

= 1.031 litre

make 1 ton

(peck)

= 10-31 litre

MEASURE OF LENGTH

1 fun 分

14 inch English

10 fun

make 1 tsun

(inch)

=

10 tsun

make 1 chih

(foot)

=

(pole)

10 chih make 1 chang

R

The length of the Chang is fixed by the

1-41 inch English

14.1 inches English

11 ft. 9 inches English

Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.

5 chih

make 1 pú

360 pú

make 1 li

10 li

✯

250 li

步(pace) about 5 feet English

=

about English Mile

make 1 tang-sun (league) = about 3}|English Miles make 1 tu

度 (degree)

LAND MEASURE

1 chih R

13:126 inches

5 chil: 尺 make 1 pi 步

make 1 fun

21 pú

60 pú 步make I kich 角

30-323 square feet

80-862 square yards

202·156 square yards

4 kioh

100 mow

make 1 mow M make 1 king

20-73 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, and candareen are not Chinese.

10 li

10 fén

MONEY

1 li 釐 (cash)

make 1 fên (candareen)

分 make 1 ch'ien錢(mace)

10 chien 錢 make I liang 兩(tael)

The Tael may be taken as worth one and a third silver dollar.

=

·032 of a penny 32 of a penny

3.2 pence

2s. 8d.