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ACCOUM'*
i Govern–
ment
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the j
Public: I
I'sirtii'tilars of all Banks doing business '.n the
Island
Weights and Mi.-a-ui-i s in •_• MIHIIUH .
i
u-*•••. and their equivalents in I
I . .
Imperial Weight-, and Mv:-.su.--> ; p™,°
k
°
No. of j
Establish- •
ments in ,
the Island j
Under j
what ! Capital
authoritv
estab-" ' paid up
lished
Xote
circula–
tion
in the
Island
Amount of
Deposits iu the
Island
i Pound-!,
'Shilling*
i
i and
j
I
Cvpru? i
i *
l
i
Piastres
Csualiv C A P A C I T Y
in
1'iastres
tints = 1
•i'
l:i!
2 J quarts = I Cyprus litre
4 quarts = 1 galbn
S-;albii.s*s I
lt*
Liquid
Measure
9 quarts = 1
kouza
16kouzas= 1
load
W E I G H T .
400 drams — 1 oke =•—
1J
okes
= 1 Cyprus litre
«
44 okes
=
1
cautar
ISO
okes
=
1 Aleppo
cantar
800 okes =
1
ton
L E N G T H .
12
inches =
1
foot
2
reet = 1
pic
3 feet or H pie = 1 yard
33 pics = 1 chain
2,64i» p i c s = 1 mile
L A X D
M E A S C R E :
I
donum = 6n pics or 40 yds.
[square
= I-J ,400 sq. ff. or .
T
4
2
°
r
of au acre j
1,936 d o n u m s = I sq. mile |
3*025 d o n u m s •=• 1 acre
I
The abovefiguresas regards \
capacity, weight and length j
have been laid down by
'•The Weights and Measures
Law" (No. XI. of 1890.) *
The donum is. however, com- '
ruted at different sizes bv
:
the inhabitants in different .
parts of the Island, and under
" T h e Coltoii Law, 1889." it
is '•"ckoned as. 1.61)0 squirt
van!?.
Imperial
Ottoman
Bank
Branch
at
Larnaca *
and '
jCash Offices
;
at
,
Nicosia j
; and
I Limassoi
Firman ' £-5,000,000
(
'
of tlie
i
Porte
i x s. c.p.
NIL. | 62,930 0 0
i of which
! £15,410
Government
Accounts