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| Cnrreney in which
I Accouur-i ;ire kept
Particulars ot all Banks doing business '.a the
Island
i-r
Govern–
ment
By
(he
I'ublic
Weight* and .Measures in c o m m o n
\i«e. an«l their equivalents in
Imperial Weights and -Measures
! So. of
Cn
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der
N a m e 01! i Establish- j
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Bank ; ments in •-"Monty
the Island I ??V*
b
:
lished
Capital
paid up
Xote
circula–
tion
in ths
Island
Amount >t
Depo-its iu the
Island
Pounds,!
! !
Shillingsi
and !
Usually
in
Piastres
CyRrtto
Piastres
I
CAPACITY.
2 pints = 1 quart
2 J quart."-•= I Cyprus litre
4 quarts = 1 gallon
8 gallons •**- 1 kile
( 9 quarts = 1
Liquid )
kouza
Measure ) lti l*«>uzas= I
(
load
WEIGHT.
.00 d r a m s - — 1 oke
'
11 okes = I Cyprus litre
44 okes -= I cuntar
j
180 okes =• 1 Aleppo cnntar 1
800 okes -= 1 ton
j
L E N G T H
12 im-bes = 1 foot
_ ieet = I 1 ijc
3 t*eer or 1 h pics = I yard
'13 pics -_- I i-iiiiiu
2.'54'» '.i.-_= I mil**
LAND MEA.SIKK :
*
1 donum -=m *><> pj,-, or -10 \*d.*-.
[-quaie
-_-=- 14.4"0 T|. tt. or
T"
T
<>t an acre
l.93f> •lonnui.-* = 1 sq. mile
ZO'2o donums =-— I acre
i
T h e above figures as regards 1
capacity, weight and length !
have l>een laid down l»y ]
die Wei_rlirs ami Measures
L;iw (Xo. X L of 1«90. 1 ;
The donum is. however, eiini;
pure*! at different -izes l>y
the
n different
parts of rlie Island, and under
rile Iurerpretarion L a w , 1901,
it is reckom-il as 1,(500 square
vard _.
Imperial Branches
Ottomau
Bank
at
Larnacn,
Famagnsta,
Nicosia
and
Limassoi
Firman
of the
Porte
£5,000,000 N I L
£
s. c.p.
78,200 0 0
of which
£47,700
Government
Accounts
•0 Deposited in Imperial Ottoman Hank. Other Deposics u n k n o w n except in the Governmeuc Savings Bank,
see Return X X X I I I .