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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 Hiyaku-me or

1 Kwam-me or 1,000 Momme 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 601.043472 grammes

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

1 Jo

DRY MEASURE

nake 10 Shaku

==

1 Shaku make 10 Sun

make 10 Bu

1 Sun

1 Ri

make 36 Cho

1 Cho

make 60 Ken

1 Ken

make 6 Shaku

=

about 4 yards 5 inches English about 1 foot 21 inches English about 1 inch English

LAND MEASURE

2.4403 English miles 119.305 English yards 59.653 English feet MONEY

On 1st October, 1897, Japan adopted a gold standard, taking the yen (dollar) at 24-59 pence sterling. The coinage is decimal.

SIAMESE MONEY

2 Solot

2 Atts

or 1 Att or 1 Pai

$0.0095

| 4 Sálings

$0.019

4 Bäts

2 Pais 2 Seeks

or 1 Seek

$0.038

or 1 Bätor Tical: or 1 Tämlü'ng 20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng

$0.60

$2.40

$48.00

or 1 Fu'ang

$0.076

50 Ch❜ängs

or 1 Hấp

2 Fu'ang

or 1 Sálü'ng

$0.150

100 Häps

or 1 Tära

WEIGHTS

$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.

LONG MEASURE

1 Niw

inch

12 Niws

make

1 K'ú'p

= 9 inches

2 K'ú'ps

make

1 Säwk

19 inches

4 Säwks

make

1 Wah

20 Wahs

400 Sëns

make make

1 Sën

78 inches 130 feet

1 Yot

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 Tänan....

DRY MEASURE 1 pints

25 Tänans

20 Tänans make 1 láng

make 1 Sat

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

A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 333lbs. avoirdupois.