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WEIGHTS & MEASURES

Chapter 5.

The weights and measures in use in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom and of the following Chinese weights and measures:-

1 fan (candareen)

.0133 ounces avoirdupois

1 ts'in (mace)

.133

ounces avoirdupois

1 leung (tael)

1.33

ounces avoirdupois

1 kan (catty)

1.33

pounds avoirdupois

1 ta'm (picul)

133.33

1 ch'ek (foot)

pounds avoirdupois

is

Statutory equivalent 14ğ inches, but in actual practice it varies according to trade from 14ğ inches to 11 inches. The commonest value 14.14 inches. The ch'ek is divided into 10 ts'un (inches) and each ts'un into ten fan or tenths.

H.K.$1 1/3 (Stg.)

1/62d. (Aust.)

ww

U.S.$0.25.

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