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lemin, 73 c. 1 arançada, 13 a. = 1 fane-
gada,

50 fanegada=1 yugada.

Corunna, Ferrol: 4 palma or 8 octava = 1 vara, = Gibraltar. As at Cadiz, also, as in Great Britain.

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1.211 acres.

Malaga. - Same as Cadiz. Santander: 8 octava or 4 palma Valencia: 9 onze= 1 palmo, 1 3 pie 1 vara, 21 v.= SWEDEN. - 12 tum= 3 ain

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1 vara,
p. = 1 pie,

1 braza reale,

1 fot, 2 f.

1 famn, 23 famn =1 stang,

2250 stang = 1 mil,

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4 kappland 1 fjerding, 4 f. 1 spannland, 2 s. = 1 tunnland 2183 square stang, SWITZERLAND. - Legal, since 1823, for the Cantons of Aarau, Basle, Berne, Freiburg, Lucerne, Solothurn, Vaud; but not in general use:

= 1 fuss, 4 f.

10 zoll =
France,

= 1 stab - 1 aune of

2 stab 1 toise or ruthe,

Special and local

Basle: 12 zoll=1 schuh or fuss, 10 s. = 1 ruthe,

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Berne: 12 zoll=1 fuss, 6 f. 1 klafter, 13 k. or

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66

= 1.25

Lausanne: 3 piede

= 1 aune (metrical, of

France),

-= 1.3123

66

9 piede1 ruthe.

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Neufchatel: 12 zoll=1 fuss, 10 f.

22 zoll 1 elle,

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St. Gall: 10 zoll=1 fus, 4 f. = 1 stab,

Zurich: 12 zoll =

1 fus, 2 f. 1 elle,

5 elle1 ruthe. TRIPOLI (N. Africa): 8 robi 1 pic for ribbons, - 8 robi = 1 pic, for silks, 1 pic, for linens,

TUNIS.

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1 pic, for woollens,

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-=

0.608 yard.

= 1.3123 66

0.6561 66

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In the islands of Antigua, the Bahamas, Barbadoes,
Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Les
Saints, Montserrat, Nevis, Santa Cruz, St.
John, St. Kitts', St. Thomas, St. Vincent,
Tobago, Tortola, the Measures of Length are
the same as in Great Britain.

In Deseade, Guadeloupe, Mariegalante, Martinique,
St. Lucia:

12

ponce 1 pied de Roy, 33 p.1 aune, This being the old system of France, or system previous to 1812.

In Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Martin, Same as HOLLAND.

In St. Bartholomew, Same as SWEDEN.

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In Curacoa, Trinidad, Same as CASTILE (Spain).
CUBA I. Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Havana, Matan-
zas, Nuevitas, Porto Principe, St. Jago, &c.:
Same as CASTILE (Spain).

HAYTI I. - Aux Cayes, Cape Haytien, Jeremie, Port
au Prince, Port Platte, &c. : Same as France,
before 1812.

Savanna, St. Dmingo, &c.: Same as CASTILE (Spain).

PORTO RICO I..

Ponce, St. Johns, &c.: Same as

CASTILE (Spain).

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w. or 10 mocha 1

1 rotl or liter,

ALGIERS.-8 mitkal 1 wakea, 16 wakea
=
attari (for spices and drugs),

18 wakea

=

U. States.

Avoirdupois

pounds.

=

1 wakea, 12

0.688

1 rotl

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1 maon, 10 maon =

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1 rotl gheddari (for fruits, oil, &c.),
27 wakea 1 rotl khebir (market pound),
100 rotl = 1 cantaro or quantar.

1000 grammes 1 kilogramme,

ARABIA. Hodeida: 30 vakia

=

=

1 bahar,

1 frazil, 40 frazils Jidda: 15 vakia = 1 rotolo, 5 rotoli = = 1 maund, 10 maunds 1 frazil, 10 f. = 1 bahar, Mocha: 15 vakia or wakega = 1 rotolo or rotl,

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1 frazil,

AUSTRIA. Trieste, Vienna: 2 lothe = 1 unze,

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1 maund copra,

=

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= 1 vierding, 2 v. = 1 mark, 2 m. = 1 pfund, 20
p. 1 stein, 5 8. =
1 centner,
4 centner=1 karch. 1 saum,

=

1 saum for steel,

Trieste (Venice weight): 1 pfund (peso grosso),

--

1 pfund (peso sottile) — apothecaries' weight,

BOHEMIA. 100 pfund

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AZORE ISLANDS. - Same as LISBON (Portugal).
BALEARIC ISLANDS. MAJORCA. 25 rotoli

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=

136.08

2.78

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= 1 oder,

-= 92.794

1 quintal, 112 rotoli 100 rotoli barbaresco 1 quintal,

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Previous to 1820

8 pond 1 stein, 12 s. —

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1 centner,

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1 charge.

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150.

1 quintal, 3 q.

- 1 charge,

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1' quintal, 13 q.

3 centner 1 schippond, 4 centner
Waeg of coals,

BERMUDAS I.- Same as GREAT BRITAIN.
BOURBON I.- 100 livres =
BRAZIL.-16 onça = 1 arratel, 32 arratel 1 arroba,

4 arrobas

=

=

= 1 tonelada.

Central and South America.

Balize, Campeche, Guatimala, Honduras, Laguna, Leon,
Nicaragua, San Juan, San Salvador, Sisal, &c.
Buenos Ayres, Callao, Carthagena, Coquimbo, Guaya-
quil, Laguayra, Lima, Maracaybo, Montevideo, Rio
Hacha, Truxillo, Valparaiso, &c. :

16 onza = 1 libra, 25 I. = 1 arroba, 4 a. = 1 quin

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Same as CASTILE (Spain).

CANDIA I.-44 oka: = 1 cantaro,

CAPE COLONY. Cape Town. - 32 loot = 1 pond,
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.—Same as LISBON (Portugal).
CHINA.-10 lis 1 tael or leung, 16 taels
or kan, 100 catties 1 pecul or tam,
1 leung, 161.

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DENMARK.-32 lod = 16 unze = 2 mark

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1 catty

= 116.568 = 1.03

-= 133.333

1 yin,

1 shik, 160.

= 1 moosa,

12 pund 1 bismerpund, 1 b. = 1 lispund, 20 1.

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- 112.

5.25

=

1 pund,

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EGYPT.-144 drachmi or 100 miscali =1 rotolo for

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2.771

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102 rotoli = 1 cantaro, for quicksilver and vermilion,

115 66 =1 66

zauro, for iron,

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for almonds and fruit,
for drugs,

=

=1

66

for gum arabic,

1 66

95.

99.75

1.403

=

1.138

2.216

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150 66

for plumbago,

FRANCE. — 1000 milligrammes = 100 centigrammes:

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1 gramme = 15.43315 troy

= 1 hectogramme,

10 decigrammes
grains.
100 grammes
10 hectogrammes
10 kilogrammes
100 myriagrammes
1 livre poids de marc,
1 livre metrique = kilogramme,
GERMANY.-BADEN.

10 decagrammes
1 kilogramme,
1 myriagramme,
10 quintal

=

=

= 1 tonneau.

Heidelberg, Manheim, &c. :

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1000 as =
100 pfennig 10 centas = 1 zehnling.
1000 z. = 100 pfund
= 10 stein = 1 centner,
8 quentchen 2 loth = 1 unze.

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= 22.047

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= 32 loth

= 16 unze= 2 mark=1 pfund or frohngewicht,

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= 1.082

-= 108.262

3 centner 1 pfundschwer or schiffpfund, 7 pfundschwer or 100 stein = 1 tonne. 22 pfund 1 stein, 5 stein Nuremberg: Denominations and relative value, same

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HANOVER (legal): 32 ortchen = 16 drachma or quent1 unze, 8 u. = = 1 mark, 2 m. =

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= 324.786

129.914

= 112.432

1.079

= 15.11

= 362.648

= 21.586

1.099 127.516 = 318.791

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