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Currency in which '
Accounts are kept !
By | By
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Govern- • the
n.en: Public
'! Wei*?':."* an.l Mt::i«ur«:s in c o m m o n
u.*i-. an.l their equivalents in
Imn^ria". "iVeiirhrs and M-asuros
N a m e of
B a n k
Particulars of all Banks doin-.- business in the
Island
N'o. of
Establiih-
men'- in
rhe I-iari'i
Under
what
CapiUl
authnntv
estalj-' paid up
Note
circula–
tion
ir. the
Island
A m o u n t of
Deposits in :he
Island
a
S. cr..
(«)
Pounds. Usually CAPACITY.
Shilling* in 2 pin:- = 1 ijiiart
and Piastres 2S...;a;--- = 1 Cyprus litre
Cyprus
4 quart- = 1 <:ai!<>ii
Piastre*
S i*ai!"ii--= 1 kile
9 .'iijirr.- = I
iLi'piii '
k'.'uza
Mest-nr- j 16 k->iizas = 1
(
load i
HEIGHT.
i'lo-iran,- _ l o k e
If- .,k--- = 1 C y p r u s litre
44 "k~- = 1 cantar
i
' IS" oke- = 1 Aleppo enntar
|
! **-00 okes = 1 f-n
I L E N G T H
j 12 inches = 1 foot
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2 feet = 1 pic
3 feer or U, pics = 1 v
a
r.l
33 pics = 1 c h a i n *
2.640 pics-ss 1 mile
LA2CD MEASURE :
1 d o n u m -» 6<i pics or 4 0 yds. '
[square
;
— 14,400 sq. ft. or j
-p^r of an acre :
1.936 donums = 1 sq. mile |
3-025 donums — 1 acre j
The abore figures as regards '
capacity, weight and length
have been laid down by
the Weights and Measures
L a w (No. XI. of 1890.) \
The donum is. however, com–
puted at different sizes by
i the inhabitants in different
i
I parts of the Islaml, and under
j tlie Interpretation L a w ( X o . X .
1 of 1901,i it is r-ckoned as
i " 1.600 square vards. ac
i-m-dini* to the British Imperial
• Standard."
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:
Imperial
Ottomun
Bank
Bank of
Athens
Brni i..-lies
a*
LaniH.-u.
FamaL'nsta.
Nicosia
aii'i
Lima'.sol
Bra-:cii at
Liu-assoi
aud
Agencies
at
Nicosia.
Larnaca,
Fauiagnsta
aud
Paphos
Firman
of rhe
Porte
r_-&.->!'ot.
.....
of the
K i n g of
Or reece
(23rd
Novem..
-.. ..
£5.000,000 NIL. 43,560 0 0
of which
£19..j»»
Government
Accounts
i
i
!
Drachms
£52,700 tb)
NIL. ;
J
plus
10,430,000
Pweserre
Funds
.
»
*
!
!
(<;) Deposited in [mi-rr'al Ottoman Brink.
ib) Depositwl in Bank of Atht-n*-.
Other Deposits unknown ov.jept in the Oovenimeiit Savuiirs Bank. ><- Rrt;;::. X X X I I I .