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College of Arts and Sciences

SOOCHOW

J. W. Dyson, B.A., M.S., prof. of botany F. C. Ferguson, B.A., M.A., B.D., associate

professor of English

Miss A. Lusinger, English

W. B. Nance, B.A., B.D., D.D., professor

of philosophy

D. L. Sherertz, B.A., M.A., instructor in

English

N. M. Stallings, B.S., instructor in

home economics

L. J. Tuttle, B.A., M.A., assistant

professor of English

Rolfe, Whitlow, B.A., M.A., assistant

professor of English

M. O Williams, B.S., B.D., assistant

professor of religious education

Third Middle School-Huchow

W. A. Estes, adviser

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美

Mei foo

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK

Daniel Ho, in-charge

K. Y. Tan, assist.

TUNG WOO DISPENSARY-West Central

Street; Cable Ad: Tungwo

CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

WEIGHTS

!

1 liang

(tael)

1.333 oz. avoir., or 37-78 grammes

16 liang

(tael) make 1 kin

==

斤(catty) 1.333 lbs. avoir., or 604-53 grammes

100 kin

(catty) make 1 tan

擔(pieul):

133.333 lbs. avoir., or 60-453 kilogrammes;

120 kin (catty) make 1 shik

(stone)=160.000 lbs. avoir., or 72:544 kilogrammes

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 picul 80 catties.

MEASURE OF CAPACITY

10 koh

make 1 sheng Ħ (pint)

1 koh

合(gill)

0.103 litre

1.031 litre

(peck)

10.31 litres

10 sheng make 1 tou

MEASURE OF LENGTH

1.41 inch English

1 fun 分

.14 inch English

10 fun

分 make 1 tsun

(inch)

10 tsun

make 1 chih

(foot)

14-1 inches English

10 chih make 1 chang

尺make

(pole)

11 ft. 9 inches English

The length of the Chang is fixed by the Treaty of Tientsin at 141 inches.

5 chih

尺make i pú

360 pú

make 1 li

10 li

250 li

make 1 tu

步(pace)

里

about English Mile

about 5 feet English

about 31 English Miles

度(degree)

里 make 1 tang-sun 汛塘 (league)

LAND MEASURE

1 chih 尺

13.126 inches

5 chih

make 1 pú

30-323 square feet

24 pú

l fun 分 步make

80.862 square yards

60 pú 步make 1 kioh 角

=

202·156 square yards

4 kioh 100 mow

make 1 mow make 1 king t

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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