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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES- Continued

NEW STANDARD

METRIC STANDARD

1 Kung Ts'o 10 Kung Ts'o

1 Millilitre

10 Kung Ho

1 Kung Shao 1 Centilitre

Kung Shao = 1 Kung Ho

1 Decilitre

1 Kung Sheng 1 Litre or 1,000 cc 10 Kung Sheng — 1 Kung Tou

1 Decalitre

10 Kung Tou

1 Kung Shih

1 Hectolitre

10 Kung Shih

1 Kung Ping

1 Kilolitre

MARKET STANDARD

10 Shih Ho

10 Shih Ts'o

10 Shih Shao

= 1 8lih Shao

1 Shih Sheng

1 Kung Sheng

10 Shih Sheng

1 Shih Tou

1 Shih Ho

0.966 Sheng (old stand,)

10 Shih Tou

= 1 Shih Shih

0 en

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

10 Chang

1 Ying

18 Ying — 1 Li

= 1 Chang

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

=

1/3 English Mile = 576 Metres

1 Kung Li 10 Kung Li

10 Kung Fen

Millimetre Kung Fen 1 Centimetre 1 Kung Ts'un Decimetre

NEW STANDARD

METRIC STANDARD

10 Kung Ts'un

10 Kung Ch'ih

1 Kung Ch'ih = 1 Metre

1 Kung Chang 1 Decametre

10 Kung Ying

10 Kung Chang1 Kung Ying

1 Hectometre 1 Kung Li = 1 Kilometre

10 Shih Hao

1 Shih Li

10 Shih Li 10 Shih Fen

1 Shih Fen

1 Shih Ts'un

MARKET STANDARD

10 Shih Ts'un — 1 Shih Ch'ih

1/3 of Kung Ch'ih === 1.4 Ch'ih (old standard)

AREA--OLD STANDARD

10 Shih Ch'ih 10 Shih Chang 15 Shih Ying

1 Shih Chang 1 Shih Ying 1 Shih Li

1/0 Sq. Fen 100 Sq. Ts'un

1 Sq. Ts'un

1 Sq. Ch'ih

10 Ssu

10 Hao

25 Sq. Ch'ih

1 Hao

1 Li

10 Fen

1 Sq. Pu or

1 Sq. Kung

10 Li

1 Fen

100 Sq. Ch'ih

1 Sq. Chang

6 Sq. Chang

100 Mow 540 Mow

1 Kung Ll 10 Kung Li

=

10 Shih Hao 10 Shih Li

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1 Mow

1/6 English acre 240 Sq. Pu 1 Ch'ing 1 Sq. Li

1 Centiare

1 Kung Fen

NEW STANDARD METRIC STANDARD

10 Kung Fen — 1 Kung Mow

1 Are

100 Sq. Kung Ch'ih|

MARKET STANDARD

100 Kung Mow=1 Kung Ch'in

= 1 Hectare

1 Shih Li

10 Shih Fen

=

1 Shih Mow

1 Shih Fen

6,000 Sq. Shih Ch'ih 100 Shih Mow

1 Shih Ch'ing

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