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The local tael took precedence over any central measure. Thus, the Canton tael weighed 37.5 grams (1.21 ozt), the Convention or Shanghai tael was 33.9 grams (1.09 ozt), and the Haiguan (海關; hǎiguān; 'customs') tael 37.8 grams (1.22 ozt). The conversion rates between various common taels were well known.
1 ⁄ 10 tael 3.779 936 375 g: 2.1333 dr Macanese definition of 3.779 931 g may not be correct when dividing catty. loeng2: 兩: liang, leung, tael: tael 1 ⁄ 16: 1 ⁄ 16 cate 37.799 363 75 g: 1.3333 oz Macanese definition of 37.799 31 g may not be correct when dividing catty. gan1: 斤: jin, kan, catty: cate 1 1 ⁄ 100 pico 604.78982 g 1. ...
Some of these units are still in use, albeit standardised to SI/metric measurements. When the Royal Thai Survey Department began cadastral survey in 1896, Director R. W. Giblin, F.R.G.S., noted, "It so happens that 40 metres or 4,000 centimetres are equal to one sen," so all cadastral plans are plotted, drawn, and printed to a scale of 1:4,000. [2]
A spring scale in Hong Kong shows conversions between metric system (in red), traditional Chinese unit (in green) and British Imperial Units (in blue). Jin (Chinese: 斤; pinyin: jīn), or gan in Cantonese, kin in Taiwanese and Japanese, also called "Chinese pound" or "catty", [a] is a traditional Chinese unit for weight measurement in East Asia.
Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1 ⁄ 16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan ( 鈞 ) is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in Southeast Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations ...
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It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1 ⁄ 10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams. In Hong Kong, one mace is 3.779 936 375 grams. [2] and in Ordinance 22 of 1884, it is 2 ⁄ 15 ounces avoirdupois. In Singapore, one mace (referred to as chee) is 3.779 94 grams. [4]
The copper coinage of the Qing dynasty was officially set at an exchange rate of 1000 wén (or cash coins) for one tael of silver, however actual market rate often changed from low as 700 wén for 1 tael of silver to as high as 1200 wén for a single tael of silver during the 19th century. The actual exchange rates were dependent on a variety ...