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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:-

I fan (candareen)

.0133 ounces avoirdupois

.133

ounces avoirdupois

ounces avoirdupois

1 ts'in (picul)

I leung (tael)

I kan (catty)

I t'am (mace) I ch'ek (foot)

1.33

1.33

pounds avoirdupois

133.33 pounds avoirdupois Statutory equivalent 14 inches, but in actual practice it varies according to trade from 14 inches to II inches. The commonest value is 14.14 inches. The ch'ek is divided into ΙΟ ts'ün (inches) and each ts'ün into ten fan or tenths.

H.K. $1 = 1/3 (stg.)

I

1/63d. (Aust.)

U.S.$0.25.

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