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Currency in which j
Account»-are kept |
Particulars of ail Banks Join;* husiofsi* in the
Island
By
Govern.
ment
the
Public
Wei-flu** and Measures in common
u«c. anil rheir equivalent*! in
Imperial Weights and Measures Name of
Bank
Pounds, I'sually C A P A C I T Y .
Shilling* in 2 pints = 1 t-uurt
and
;
Piastres 2$ quarts-as I Cyprus Here
Imperial
Ottoman
Bank
Cyprus
Piastres
4 quarts -= 1 gallon
I 8 gallons =s 1 kile
I 9 quarts = 1
Liquid )
kouza
Measure j 16 kmizus= I
(
load
WEIGHT.
•400 drains «-— 1 oke
11 oke.-* = I Cyprus litre
•44 okes = I cantur
13'" okes = I Aleppo cantar
800 okes = 1 ton
LENGTH
12 inches = I foot
2 feet -*-= 1 pie
3 feet or I J- pics -*= I yani
33 pics = 1 chain
2.64ii pics as 1 mile
LAND "MEASURE:
1 doiinin -=- 6<> pics or 40 yd-.
[."square
— 14.400 sq. ft. or
T
\
n
T
of an acre
1,936 douums =* 1 sq. mile
3*02."5 doiuiin.-' -— 1 acre
T h e above figures as regards
capacity, weight and length
have been laid d o w n by
the Weight's ami Measure?
Law (No. XI. of 1890. .
Tlie donum is
puted at different sizes by
the inhahiranrs in different
pa ITS of the Island, and under
the Interpretation L a w (No.X.
of 1901) it is reckoned as
"1,600 square yards, ac
cording co che British Imperial
Sta m lard.'"
Bank of
Athens
N" i. of
Establish–
ment-' in
the Isiand
Cuder
what
authority
estab–
lished
Capital
paid up
Note
circula- Amount of
tion Deposits in the
in the > Island
Island
Branches Finnan ' £5,000,000 N I L .
i
.
at
of the
Larnaca, ' Porte
Famagusta.
Nicosia
and
Limassoi
Branch at Decree ' Drachmas
: Limassoi nf the • 60,000,000
and King of I (exclusive
Agencies * Greece
ac I (23rd
Nicosia. JNovem.,
Larnaca, | 1893)
Famagusta I
and j
Paphos i
of
Reserve
Funds)
NIL.
£ s. c.p
(«)
•$9,734 0 0
of which
£33,391
Government
Account*
£33,260 (b)
(•r) Deposited iu riiq.-_-i-i*-»l Ottoman Hunk.
(b) Deposited iu Bunk of Adieu*-
Other Deposits unknown except in the Governmenc Savings Bank, ie*? Return X X X I I I .