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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Weights and Measures in common use and their equivalents in Imperial Weights and Measures
CAPACITY.
2 pints = 1 quart
2yquarts = 1 Cyprus litre
4 quarts = 1 gallon
8 gallons**- 1 kile
( 9 quarts *** 1
Liquid )
kouza
Measure j 16koiizas-= 1
(
load
WEIGHT.
400 drams = 1 oke
1$ okes = I Cyprus litre
44 okes = 1 cantar
180 okes = 1 Aleppo cantar
800 okes = 1 ton-
LENGTH
12 inches = 1 foot
2 feet -= 1 pic
3 feet or H pics = 1 yard
33 pics _s 1 chain
2,640 pica--- 1 mile
LAND MEASURE:
I donum —- 60 pica or 40 yds. square -= 14.400 sq.ft.
or i-y^ of an acre.
1,936 donums = 1 sq. mile 3*025 donums = 1 acre
The above figures as regards capacity, weight and
length have been laid down by the Weights and
Measures Law (No. 11. of 1890.) The donum is,
however, computed at different sizes by the inhabitants
in different parts of the Colony, and under the
Interpretation L a w (No. I . of 1901) it is reckoned
as "1,600 square yards, according to the British
Imperial Standard. "