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Currcucy in which
Accounts are kept
Weights ami Measure!* in c n n m o n
use, ami their equivalent* in
Imperial Weights ami "t*ei.*iuv«
I'artiuulart of all Banks iloini* business in the
I slam I
l
N a m e of Bank
No. of
K.itabli.-U-
ments in
the Islam I
Under
what
authority
t.ittalt-
lisht-il
Capital
paiil Up
Note
circula–
tion
in the
Island
Amount of
Deposits in the
bilaml
CAPACITY*.
2 pints = I quart
2£<pinrtH= 1 Cyprus litre
4 quarts = 1 gallon
8 g:illous= 1 kite
I 9 quarts = I
Liquid )
kouzu
Measure ) 16kouzas= 1
(
loml
WEIGHT.
400 drams =— 1 oke —
1J okes = I C y p r u s litre
44 okes = 1 cantur
ISO okes = I Aleppo cantar
8 0 0 okes = 1 ton
LENGTH.
12 inehes = I foot
2 feet = 1 pic
3 feet or li pie = 1 yard
33 pics = 1 chain
2.04>.i p i e s = 1 mile
LAND MEASfRE:
1 ilot-iini = 60 pies or 40 yd.*.
[square
= 14-40J sq. ft. or
-
x
*.!\ of an :icre
= 1.936 douuins
= 1 square mile
41()."jl>4 donums =» I acre
The silrove figure* as regards
eapat-ity, weight niid length
have been la it I down by
"Tlie Weiirhrs and Measures
L a w " (No. X L of tS9v).)
T'.ie Laml M -nsuro has l.cc:i
arri-rnizvil I»y Onler of the
High (Viiuini.ssioiiei- puMished
in (i.iz lie N o . 13 <»f \4MX\
M a i r h . 1H7'.). T h e doiumi is, j
however.eoinp'.itedut different I
sizes l>y the inhahi'aiits in
;
different parts of the Island, ;
an ! mnlep " T h e ('oitoii L;i>v, j
Iss;).'* ir is f -t-k:»n-*:l as 1.6.')'.)
s'|ii:ir-- ynr.ls.
t
I m p e r i a l
O t t o m a n
Bank
Branch
at
Luruacn
Firman ' f.^OOO.fWO
of the j
Porto !
NIL.
£ s. c.p.
47,469 A 0
of which
£23,799
Government
Accounts