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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES- Continued

NEW STANDARD

METRIC STANDARD

1 Kung Ts'o 10 Kung Ts'o

10 Kung Shao

1 Millilitre 1 Kung Shao 1 Centilitre

Kung Ho 1 Decilitre

10 Kung Ho

1 Kung Sheng

10 Kung Tou

10 Kung Sheng

1 Litre or 1,000 cc =1 Kung Tou

1 Decalitre

10 Kung Shih

MARKET STANDARD

=

1 Kung Shih 1 Hectolitre 1 Kung Ping

1 Kilolitre

10 Shih Ho

10 Shih Ts'o

10 Shih Shao

1 Shih Shao

1 Shih Sheng

10 Shih Sheng

=

1 Shih Tou

1 Kung Sheng

1 Shih Ho

0.966 Sheng (old stand.)

10 Shih Tou

1 Shih Shih

10 Fen

10 Ts'un

1 Ts'un (or inch) 1.41 English inches 35,814 Millimetres 1 Ch'ih (or foot) = 14,4 English inches

LENGTH---OLD STANDARD

10 Ts'un

5 Ch'ih 2 Pu

— 0.35814 Metres

1 Pu or 1 Kung

1 Chang

11 feet & 9 ins. (Eng.) 3.5814 Metres

NEW STANDARD

METRIC STANDARD

10 Chang

1 Ying

18 Ying=1 Li

1/3 English Mile

576 Metres

1 Kung Li 10 Kung Li

1 Millimetre

10 Kung Ts'un

= 1 Kung Ch'ih

10 Kung Chang

==

1 Kung Fen

+

1 Centimetre

10 Kung Fen

1 Kung Ts'un 1 Decimetre

10 Kung Ch'ih

1 Metre 1 Kung Chang 1 Decametre

10 Kung Ying

10 Shih Hao 10 Shih Li 10 Shih Fen

MARKET STANDARD

1 Shih Li

10 Shih Ts'un

1 Shih Fen

1 Shih Ts'un

1 Sh 1 Ch'ih 13 of Kung Ch'ih 1.4 Ch'ih (old standard)

10 Shih Ch'ih 10 Shih Chang 15 Shih Ying

AREA--OLD STANDARD

1 Kung Ying 1 Hectometre

1 Kung Li 1 Kilometre

1 Shih Chang 1 Shih Ying 1 Shih Li

100 Sq. Fen 100 Sq. Ts'un 25 Sq. Ch'ih

1 Sq. Ts'un

1 Sq. Ch'ih

10 Ssu

10 Hao

1 Hao

1 Li

10 Fen

1 Sq. Pu or

1 Mow

1/6 English acre 240 Sq. Pu

1 Sq. Kung

10 Li

1 Fen

100 Mow

1 Ch'ing

100 Sq. Ch'ih

: 1 Sq. Chang

6 Sq. Chang

540 Mow

1 Sq. Li

NEW STANDARD

METRIC STANDARD

1 Kung Li

=1 Centiare

10 Kung Fen

10 Kung Li

= 1 Kung Fen

1 Kung Mow 1 Are

100 Sq. Kung Ch'ih

MARKET STANDARD

100 Kung Mow—1 Kung Ch'ing

=1 Hectare

10 Shih Hao

= 1 Shih Li

10 Shih Fen

10 Shih Li

1 Shih Fen

1 Shih Mow

·6,000 Sq. Shih Ch'ih

100 Shih Mow

1 Shih Ch'ing

CUSTOMS WEIGHTS

The following Weights are used by the Maritime Customs:--- 1 Tael (Liang) 583.3 Grains 37.79987 Grammes.

=

16 Taels = 1 Catty (Chin) —1 1/3 lb. Avoirdupois 604.7899 Grammes. 100 Catties=1 Picu! (Tan)—183 1/3 Avoirdupois 60.47899 Kilogrammes : 147.6354 Funts.