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V.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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)

1 ts'in (mace)

1 leung (tael)

1 kan (catty)

1 tam (picul)

1 ch'ek (foot)

.0133 ounces avoirdupois

.133 ounces avoirdupois

1.33

ounces avoirdupois 1.33 pounds avoirdupois 133.33 pounds avoirdupois Statutory equivalent 14ğ inches. The ch'ek is divided into 10 ts'un (inches) and each ts'un into ten fan or tenths.

In practice the equivalent length of a ch'ek varies according to the trade in which it is used from 14§ inches to 11 inches, the commonest equivalent being 14.14 inches.

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