ENG-1959 — Page 410

Chapter 26: Weights and Measures

THE weights and measures used in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom, and the following Chinese weights and measures, given with their equivalents in avoirdupois :

1 fan (candareen)

.0133 ounces

1 ts'in (mace)

.133 ounces

11

1 leung (tael)

1.33 ounces

1 kan (catty=16 taels)

1.33

pounds

1 tam (picul=100 catties) = 133.33

pounds

1.19 cwts.

0.0595 tons

1 ch'ek (foot)

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.