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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:---

I fan (candareen)

I ts'in (mace)

.0133 ounces avoirdupois .133 ounces avoirdupois

I leung (tael)

1.33

ounces avoirdupois

I kan (catty)

1.33

pounds avoirdupois

I tam (picul)

= 133.33

pounds avoirdupois

I ch'ek (foot)

Statutory equivalent 148

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 142 inches, the commonest equivalent being

inches to 11 14.14 inches.

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