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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Weights and Measures in c o m m o n use and their equivalents in Imperial Weights and Measures
C A P A C I T Y .
2 pints =
2} quarts =
4 quarts =
8 gaUons =
Liquid i 9 quarts =
Measure^ 16 konza_-=
WEIGHT.
400 drama—
1} okes =
- _ okes =
180 okes =
800 okes =
LENGTH
12 iuehes _=
2 feet —
3 feetO-\__;
11- pics l~
33 pics '-**-
2,640 pics =
1 quart
1 Cyprus
1 gallon
Ikile
1 kouza
1 load
• loke
1 Cyprus
1 cantar
1 Aleppo
1 ton
1 foot
1 pic
1 yard
1 chain
1 mile
litre
litre
cantar
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LAND MEASURE:
1 donum -—- 6') pics or 40 yds. equare -= 14.400 jq. ft.
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of au acre.
1,936 donums = 1 sq. mile 3*025 donums = 1 acre
The above figures as regards capacity, weight aml
length hare been; laid down by the Weights ami
Measures Laws 1890 and 1930. T h e donum ii,
however, computed at different sizes by the inhabitants
in different parts of the Colony* and under the
Interpretation L a w (No. 26 of 1935) it is reckoned
as ** 1,600 square yards, according to the British
Imperial Standard."