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COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS,

Compared with the most frequented ports according to the Dutch Standard Grains by which all weights are regulated.

Equal to in United States
or London, Amsterdam, Cadiz, Hamburg, Havre, Leghorn, Petersburg, Paris, 100 lbs. in

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United States or
⁠London  
100  
091 3/4  
098 2/3  
093 3/5  
085 5/6  
133 2/3  
110 5/6  
092 4/5 Amsterdam 108 2/3 100 107 1/6 102 093 1/2 145 1/2 120 3/4 100 4/5 Cadiz 101 1/2 093 1/3 100 095 087 1/6 135 3/4 112 1/2 094 1/7 Hamburg 106 2/3 098 105 100 091 2/3 142 1/2 118 1/2 098 3/4 Havre 116 2/3 107 114 2/3 109 1/6 100 155 2/3 129 1/6 108 Leghorn 074 4/5 068 3/4 073 2/3 070 064 1/5 100 083 069 1/3 Petersburg 090 084 4/5 088 2/3 084 1/3 077 1/4 120 1/4 100 083 1/2 Paris 107 3/4 099 106 1/4 101 092 1/2 144 119 3/4 100

FOREIGN MONEYS,

WITH THEIR VALUES, AS ESTIMATED AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE BY LAW.

	Dollars.
Aux Cates, 8 1/4 livres are equal to	1.00
Blue or current Dollar of Denmark, according ⁠to the exchange of London.
Cayenne, 8 livres 5 sols of, are equal to	1.00
Ducat of Naples	0.80
Franc of France	0.18 3/4
Florin of Trieste	0.48
Genoa, 6 1/3 livres are taken as	1.00
Guadaloupe, 8 livres and 5 sols	1.00
Guilder of Antwerp	0.40
Guilder of„ Crefelt	0.40
Guilder of„ Frankfort, and others of the 24 Guilder of⁠ florin rate	0.40
Guilder of„ Holland	0.40
Guilder of„ Nuremburg	0.40
Guilder of„ St. Gall, 0.40 36/100
Guilder of„ Trieste	0.48
Guilder of„ United Netherlands	0.40
Livre of France	0.18 1/2
Livre of„ Geneva	0.29
Livre of„ Genoa, 6 1/3 livres	1.00
Livre of„ Leghorn, 6 1/2 livres	1.00
Louis d’or Rix-dollar	0.77
Marc Banco of Hamburg	0.33 1/3
Milrea of Brazil, according to rate of exchange.
Milrea of Madeira	1.00
Milrea of„ Portugal	1.24
Ounce of Sicily	2.46
Pezza of Leghorn, 0.90 76/100
Piastre of Turkey, according to rate of exchange ⁠in London.
Pound Sterling of England, Scotland, and Ireland	4.80
Pound Sterling of Antigua	2.22
Pound Sterling of„ Barbadoes	3.20
Pound Sterling of„ Bermuda	3.00
Pound Sterling of„ Halifax	4.00
Pound Sterling of„ Jamaica	3.00
Pound Sterling of„ New Providence	2.50
Rial Plate of Spain	0.10
Rial Velon of Spain	0.05
Rix-dollar of Bremen	0.77
Rix-dollar of„ Denmark	1.00
Rix-dollar of„ Berlin, current, 0.68 29/100
Rix-dollar of„ Hamburg	1.00
Rix-dollar of„ Prussia, 0.68 29/100
Rix-dollar of„ Saxony	0.69
Rix-dollar of„ Sweden	1.00
Ruble of Russia, according to the exchange ⁠between London and St. Petersburg.
Rupee of Bombay, Calcutta, and Sicca, each	0.50
Rupee of Madras, 108＝100 Sicca rupees.
Star Pagoda of India	1.84
St. Bartholomews, 8 s. 3 d.	1.00
St. Kitts, 9 s. 0 d.	1.00
Tale of China	1.48

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CLOTH MEASURE.

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Place. Measure. Length of
a single
measure
in English
inches. No. of
each equal
to 100
English
yards. Amsterdam Ell 27.07 132.988 Batavia Ell 27.00 133.333 Bengal Cubit 18.00 200.000 Bremen Ell 22.76 158.172 China Covid 14.62 246.238 Constantinople Long Pic 27.90 129.032 Copenhagen Ell 24.71 145.690 England Yard 36.00 100.000 England„ Ell 45.00 080.000 Florence Braccio 22.98 156.657 France Aune 46.85 076.841 France„ Metre 39.37 091.445 Hamburg Ell 22.58 159.433 Leghorn Braccio 23.98 156.657 Malta Cauna 81.90 043.956 Naples Cauna 83.00 043.273 Netherlands Ell 39.37 091.440 Prussia Ell 26.25 137.142 Rio de Janeiro Vara 43.50 082.758 Rotterdam Ell 27.20 132.352 Russia Arsheen 28.00 128.571 Smyrna Pic 27.00 133.333 Spain Vara 33.38 107.849 Sweden Ell 23.36 154.109 Venice Silk Braccio 24.81 145.102 Vienna Silk Ell 30.66 117.416