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Appendix I

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

1 fan

1 tsun (Chinese inch)...

1 chek (Chinese foot)

1 cheung

1 lei (Chinese mile)

Area

1 dau chung

1 mow.

Weight

1 fan

1 tsin or mace

1 leung or tael

1 kan or catty

1 tam or picul

...

...

EQUIVALENTS

Domestic

British

Metric

0.146 in

3.715 mm

10 fan

1.463 in

3.715 cm

+

10 tsun

14.625 in

37.15

cm

10 chek

4.063 yd

3.715 m

706-745 yd

646-681 m

806.7

sq yd

.6745 hec

1,008

sq yd

.8431 hec

0.013 oz

3.78

dg

10 fan

0.133 oz

3.78 g

...

10 tsin

1.333 oz

37.8

g

16 tael

1.333 lb

604.8

g

100 catty

133.333 lb

60.48

kg

* Values vary in practice. The statutory equivalent of the chek (foot) is 14§ 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.