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A392

Ord. No. 54/87

(b) Imperial Units

1 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

I square foot

1 square inch

=

144

square foot

square yard

(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

= 0.001 cubic metre

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

4.546 09 cubic decimetres

1 quart

-gallon

4

1 pint

-quart

2

1 gill

1

pint

4

I fluid ounce

=

pint

20

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

Ord. No. 54/87

A393

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

1 kilogram

1 gram

= 1 000 kilograms

= a unit of mass equal to the international prototype of

-ཡ

the kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures

= 0.001 kilogram

=

15

gram

0.001 gram

1 cubic decimetre

1 cubic centimetre

1 litre

0.001 cubic decimetre

=

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

= 0.01 litre

1 decilitre

1 millilitre

(b) Imperial Units

= 0.001 litre

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

1 metric carat

1 milligram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

1 hundredweight

1 quarter

1 stone

1 pound

1 ounce

= 2 240 pounds

=

= 112 pounds

=

28 pounds

= 14 pounds

=

0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

(a) Metric Units

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

1 hectolitre

- 100 litres

1 litre

= a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

1 decilitre

= 0.1 litre

I centilitre

-

0.01 litre

1 millilitre

=

0.001 litre

16

pound

1 dram

pound

256

1

1 grain

pound

7 000

12

1 ounce troy

pound

175

(c) Chinese Units

1 picul (tam)

100 catties

I catty (kan)

0.604 789 82 kilogram

1

1 tael (leung)

catty

16

1

1 mace (tsin)

catty

160

1

1 candareen (fan)

catty

1 600

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