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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 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 160 Momme

+

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

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

0.000375 gramme 60.1043472 kilogrammes 601.013172 grammes

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

1 Jo

nake 10 Shaku

1 Shaku make 10 Sun 1 Sun make 10 Bu

1 Ri 1 Cho

make 36 Cho make 60 Ken

1 Ken

make 6 Shaku

DRY MEASURE

about 4 yards 5 about 1 foot 2

inches English

inches English

about 1 inch English

LAND MEASURE

2.4103 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

or 1 Att

$0.0095

4 Sálings

2 Atts

or 1 Pai

$0.019

4 Bäts

or 1 Bät or Tical- or 1 Tämlü'ng

$0.60

$2.40

2 Pais

or 1 Seek

$0.038

20 Tümlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng

2 Seeks

or 1 Fu'ang

$0.076

50 Ch'ängs

or 1 Hap

2 Fu'ang

or 1 Sálü'ng

$0.150

100 Häps

or 1 Tära

$48.00 $2,400.00 -$240,000.00

WEIGHTS

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.

inch 9 inches 19} inches 78 inches

LONG MEASURE

1 Niw

12 Niws

2 K'ú❜ps

4 Säwks

make make make

1 K'ú'p 1 Sawk

1 Wah

20 Wahs

400 Sëns

make make

1 Sën

= 130

1 Yot

feet

...

97 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 Tünan...

20 Tänans 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 20 Piculs; a Picul is 331lbs, avoirdupois.

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