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A392

Ord. No. 54/87

(b) Imperial Units

I square mile

1 acre

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

640 acres

= 4 840 square yards

1 210 square yards

= an area equal to that of a square each side of which

measures one yard

1 rood

1 square yard

1 square foot

1

9

square yard

1 square inch

144

square foot

(a) Metric Units

1 cubic metre

-

PART III

Measurement of Volume

a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which

measures one metre

1

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

(b) Imperial Units

4.546 09 cubic decimetres

1 gallon

1 quart

1 pint

1 gill

=

-

2

1 fluid ounce

(a) Metric Units

tonne

1

gallon 4

quart

=

pint

1

pint

20

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

=

1 000 kilograms

Ord. No. 54/87

A393

1 kilogram

1 gram

= a unit of mass equal to the international prototype of

the kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures

0.001 kilogram

1 cubic decimetre

=

0.001 cubic metre

1 cubic centimetre

==

0.001 cubic decimetre

1 litre

1 decilitre

= a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

= 0.01 litre

1 millilitre

___

0.001 litre

(b) Imperial Units

= a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which

measures one yard

1 cubic yard

1 cubic foot

cubic yard

27

1

1 cubic inch

cubic foot

1 728

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

1 metric carat

1 milligram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

1 hundredweight

1 quarter

1 stone

1 pound

1 ounce

1

gram

5

= 0.001 gram

=

=

=

2 240 pounds

112 pounds

28 pounds

= 14 pounds

=

0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

1

pound

16

1

1 dram

=

pound

256

1

1 grain

pound

7000

12

1 ounce troy

175

pound

(c) Chinese Units

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

= 100 litres

1 litre

=

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

1 decilitre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

=

0.01 litre

1 millilitre

0.001 litre

1 picul (tam)

=

100 catties

1 catty (kan)

= 0.604 789 82 kilogram

=

1 tael (leung)

catty

16

1

I mace (tsin)

catty

160

1

1 candareen (fan)

catty

1 600

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