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[s. 6(2).]

(a) Metric Units

1 kilometre

1 metre

1 decimetre

1 centimetre

1 millimetre

(b) Imperial Units

1 mile

1 furlong

1 chain

1 yard

1 foot

11

1 000 metres

the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of

1

299 792 458

0.1 metre

0.01 metre

0.001 metre

1 760 yards

=

220 yards

of a second

22 yards

0.914 4 metre exactly

(c)

1 inch

Chinese Units

1 chek

1 tsun

=

उ

yard

36 yard

=

0.371 475 metre

0.1 chek

1 fan

=

0.1 tsun

PART II

Measurement of Area

(a) Metric Units

1 hectare

100 ares