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Appendix XLII

Weights and Measures

The weights and measures used in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom, and also the Chinese weights and measures given with their British and Metric equivalents in the table below:

Length*

UNIT

Domestic

EQUIVALENTS

British

Metric

1 fan

- 0.146 in

3,715 mm

1 tsun (Chinese inch)...

10 fan

1.463 in

3.715 cm

1 chek (Chinese foot)...

10 tsun

14.625 in

37.15 _cm

1 cheung

10 chek

4.063 yd

3.715 m

1 lei (Chinese mile)

706-745 yd

646-681 m

Area

1 dau chung

806.7

sq yd

,6745 hec

1 mow.

1,008

sq yd

.8431 hec

Weight

1 fan

...

1 tsin or mace...

0.013 oz

3.78

dg

10 fan

0.133 oz

3.78 g

1 leung or tael...

10 tsin

1.333 oz

37.8 g

1 kan or catty...

16 tael

1.333 lb

604.8

g

1 tam or picul...

100 catty

133.333 lb

60.48

kg

* Values vary in practice. The statutory equivalent of the chek (foot) is 149 in but the chek varies according to the trade in which it is used from 14§ in to 11 in the commonest equivalent being 14.14 in.