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article, and even fire-wood being weighed, are the following:—

6 Suh make a Kwei, 10 Kwei a Chaou, 10 Chaou a Tsuy,—The table in "Chinese opened," referred to is follows—10 Tsuy a Chŏ, 10 Chŏ a Hŏ, 10 Hŏ a Shing, or 31$\scriptstyle {\frac {2}{3}}$ cubic punts, 10 Shing a Tow, 316 cubic punts, 5 Tow 1 Hwŏ, 1,580 punts, and 2 Hwo a Shih, or 3,160 cubic punts. These however are only used in government accounts; the common people avail themselves of the following—2 Yŏ make a Hŏ, 10 Hŏ make a Shing or pint, 10 Shing a Tow 10 Two a Hwŏ, 2 Hwŏ 1 Shih.

Another table runs—

10	Shu	equal	to	1	Liu.
10	Liu	„	„	1	Chu
24	Chu	„	„	1	Tael.
16	Taels	„	„	1	Catty.
2	Catties	„	„	1	Yin.
30	„	„	„	1	Kiun.
100	„	„	„	1	Pecul.
120	„	„	„	1	Shih or Stone
3	„	„	„	4	Pounds Avoirdupois.
84	„	„	„	1	Cwt.
1	Pecul	„	„	133$\scriptstyle {\frac {1}{2}}$	Pounds Avoirdupois

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4—Page 2—A Le is generally spoken of as the third of a mile. Following are the usual—

Measures of Length,
Half a Tsun		equal	to	1	Lí.
5	Tsun	„	„	1	Fan.
5	Chih or Feet	„	„	1	Pú or Pace.
360	Pú	„	„	1	Lí or Mile.
250	Lí	„	„	1	Tú or Degree.
1	Degree	„	„	1460.44 Feet,

Gutzlaff says.—

The Le, or Chinese mile, contains 180 (each of ten feet) fathoms, or Chang, equal to 1,897$\scriptstyle {\frac {1}{2}}$ English feet, or 2,853 toises, and 200 Le measure a degree of latitude. This measurement, however, is not so well fixed as not to admit of doubt and variation. The missionaries divided the degree into 200 Le, each Le amounting to 1,826 English feet, which gives the degree 69.,166 English miles, or 11·131 French myriameters.

The land-measure is still less accurately defined: 5 Chih or Covids make a Poo or Kung, and 68$\scriptstyle {\frac {2}{7}}$ Mow one English acre—in squares. 5 Chih—1 Poo,—140 Poo to one Mow, or 6,000 square covids.