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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY

4d. In the Straits 50-cent pieces are legal tender for the payment of any amount; so also are sovereigns.

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.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

The peso, equivalent in value to fifty cents, United States Currency, is legal tender in the Philippine Islands to any amount. So also are the United States gold coins. The media or half peso is legal tender up to ten pesos. Though the coinage is on a gold basis, no gold coins are in circulation. Government silver certificates are issued for ten, five, and two pesos, and the Banco Español Filipina of Manila issues bank notes for five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred and two hundred pesos.

WEIGHTS

The official system is the Metric system, but weights of Spanish origin are still in com- -mon use. The picul in the Philippines is 137 9 lbs., 16 piculs going to the ton.

1 Fun

1 Kwam-me or 1,000 Momme 1 Hiyaku-me or 100 Momme

1 Momme

or

10 Fun

or

10 Rin

11 Rin

or

10 Mo

1 Mo

or

10 Shi

1 Shi

11 Hiyak-kin

or

100 Kin

1 Kin

JAPANESE

WEIGHTS

8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.8281707700 lb. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lb. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lb. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lb. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lb. avoir., or 0.0000008282 lb. avoir., or - 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or

or 160 Momme =

3.7565217 kilogrammes 37.565217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 gramme 0.037565 gramme 0.003756 gramme

0.000375 gramme 60.1043472 kilogrammes 601.043472 grammes

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

1 Jo make 10 Shaku 1 Shaku make 10 Sun

1 Sun

make 10 Bu

1 Ri

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 inch English

LAND MEASURE

=

2.4403 English miles

= 119.305 English yards

59.653 English feet

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

MONEY

a gold standard, taking the yen (dollar) at 24.59

SIAMESE

MONEY

2 Solot

2 Atts

or 1 Att or 1 Pai

$0.0095

$0.019

4 Bäts

4 Sálings or 1 Bätor Tical

or 1 Tämlü'ng

$0.60

$2.40

2 Pais

or 1 Seek

$0.038

20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng

$48.00

2 Seeks

or 1 Fu'ang

$0.076

2 Fu'ang

or 1 Sálü'ng

$0.150

$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.

50 Ch❜ängs

or 1 Hấp

100 Häps WEIGHTS

or 1 Tära

LONG MEASURE

1 Niw

12 Niws

make

2 K'ú'ps

make

1 K'ú'p 1 Säwk

inch 9 inches 19 inches

4 Säwks

make

1 Wah

20 Wahs

make

1 Sën

78 inches 130 feet

400 Sëns

make

1 Yot

9 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......

DRY MEASURE 14 pints

25 Tänans

20 Tänans make 1 Táng

make 1 Sat

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

A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 33 lbs. avoirdupois.