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SOOCHOW
Roy C. Tasker, B.A., M.A., professor
of biology
Law School-11A, Quinsan Rd., Shanghai
J. W. Cline, director of religious work First Middle School-Soochow
D. L. Sheretz
Second Middle School-20, Quinsan
Road, Shanghai
Third Middle School-Huchow
W. A. Estes, adviser
李美
Mei foo
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK
J. B. Loucks, manager (Shanghai)
R. J. Moore:
do. D. Ho
CHINESE WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND MONEY
WEIGHTS
(tael)
=
F (catty) =
1 liang
16 liang
(tael) make 1 kin
100 kin
(catty) make 1 tan
120 kin
(catty) make 1 shik
石
=
1.333 oz. avoir., or 37.78 grammes 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604:53 grammes
(picul) 133-333 lbs. avoir., or 60-453 kilogrammes (stone): 160.000 lbs. avoir., or 72-544 kilogrammesso
=
Four ounces equal three taels; one pound equals three quarters of a catty or twelve taels one hundredweight equals 84 catties; one ton equals 16 piculs 80 catties.
MEASURE OF CAPACITY .
1 koh
合 (gill)
= 0.103 litre
10 koh
make 1 sheng Ħ (pint)
=
10 sheng
make 1 tou (peck)
1.031 litre
10-31 litres
MEASURE OF LENGTH
1 fun 分
10 fun
10 tsun
make 1 chih
(foot)
10 chih
make 1 chang
(pole)
=
The length of the Chang is fixed by the
5 chih
R
make 1 pú
360 pú
make I li
步(pace) 里
10 li
250 li
里 make 1 tang-sun汛塘 (league) 度(degree)
芬 make 1 tsun f(inch)
14 inch English
1.41 inch English
= 14.1 inches English
11 ft. 9 inches English
Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.
= about 5 feet English
about English Mile
= about 31 English Miles:
make 1 tu
LAND MEASURE
1 chih R
=
13.126 inches
5 chih 尺 make lpú步
24 pú make 1 fun 60 pú 步make 1 kioh 角
4 kioh 角 make 1 mow 畝
100 mow make 1 king
30-323 square feet
80:862 square yards
=
202·156 square yards
=
26.73 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, an differ in the same districts for different kinds of goods. The words picul, catty, tael, mach and candareen are not Chinese.
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