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SWATOW

SWATOW AMUSEMENT Co., Kialat Cinema

H. C. Best, proprietor

SWATOW-CHAO CHOW RAILWAY CO., LTD.

-P.O. Box 65; Tel. Ad: Railway

Board of Directors-Chong Kwek Liang (chairman, absent), Lim Zie Sin (acting chairman), Yew Ah Kow, Cheah Lean Guan, Cheah Leong Mok, Chong Lim Kwee Yap and Chong Tong Tjew Secretary-W. T. Ching

SWATOW PILOTAGE SERVICE

G. St. M. Stocker (Licensed Pilot and

Marine Surveyor to Lloyd's Agent)-

P.O. Box 11;. Tel. Ad: Pilot; Radio Ad: Stocker

C. H. Wood (Senion Licensed Pilot, Marine Surveyor to H.B.M. Govern- ment and to Lloyd's Agents, Claims Surveyor)-16, Customs Road; Radio Ad: Pilot

CHINESE

司公油火古士德

Teh shih ku huo yu kung szu

TEXAS CO., THE, Texaco Petroleum Pro-

1

ducts-25, Customs Road; Teleph. 282; Tel. Ad: Texaco; Code: Bentley's

M. T. Ko

Y. C. Pang

TONKIN & Co., H., Manufacturers of Hand-

made Embroidery-115, Kialat Road

L. H. Woo, partner

Tshu Sok Che (Mrs.), Manufacturer and Exporter of Swatow Drawn Work, Hand Made Lace and Embroideries-8, Sin Heng Road, Kialat; Teleph. 136; P.O. Box 36; Tel. Ad: Tshusokche; Codes: Bentley's, Universal Trade Code, A.B.C. 5th and Private

司公務船亨元

YUAN HENG Shipping Co.

Chua Siu Hong, manager

S. G. Ben

Goldenburg Kee I

MEASURES

Y. T Be

MEASURE OF LENGTH

10 fun

10 tsun

10 chih

1 fun 分

*14 inch English

分make 1 tsun f(inch)

=

1-41 inch English

make 1 chih

(foot)

=

14.1 inches English

make 1 chang

(pole)

The length of the Chang is fixed by the

5 chih make 1 pú

= 11 ft. 9 inches English

Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.

尺make1

360 pú

make 1 li

步(pace) 里

10 li

250 li

里 make 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league) 里 make 1 tu

度 (degree)

= about 5 feet English

about English Mile

= about 31 English Miles

LAND MEASURE

1 chih R

=

13.126 inches

5 chih 尺make 1 pú 步 24 pú步make 1 fun 芬 60 pú 步make 1 kioh 角

4 kioh 角 make 1 mow 100 mow 畝 wake1 king頃

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, and differ in the same districts for different kinds of goods. The words picul, catty, tael, mace and candareen are not Chinese.

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