METRIC OR DECIMAL SYSTEM ACT 27 and 28 VICT. c. 117 (1864). The Metric system, instituted in imp. grains. The multiples of these France, 1795, is founded on the esti-units are denoted by prefixing to them mated distance from the pole to the the Greek derivatives deca, ten,equator, the ten-millionth part of which, hecto, hundred,-kilo, thousand,-and or Metre, is the unit of length and equal myria, ten thousand; and their sub39-37079 imp. inches. The Are, unit of divisions by the Latin prefixes deci, surface,100 square metres,-the Litre, tenth of,-centi, hundredth of,-milli, unit of capacity, =1 cubic decimetre,- thousandth of. Thus the kilometre= and the Gramme, unit of weight weighs 1 1000 metres, and the decimetre-1-10th cubic centimetre of water, or 15-4323487 | metre. 28 VICT. & H --The multiple TABLES FOR THE MUTUAL CONVERSION OF METRIC AND oted by predking de lerivatives de la d.-, tal-a Mettes into Yards into Litres into Kilograms. &c Gallons into Aroirdupois W ousand; and their so he Latin prete 02 011 10 04 Thus the one: nd the decime Surfac = 1190646 = 1-196 d Weight 64 2 183 75 3 274 = 296 4 8 23 40 8 6 = 157 9 14 50 11 0 = 15-40 s 70 15 3 80 17 4 = 0134 gr. 100/109 3 500218.6 300328 1 = (eld grain. EQUIVALENTS erka! Heigh sand Mile Kismetres Miles into into Miles Kilometres into Bushels. 90 19 6 100 22 0 64 1200 44 73 15 300 66 0 80363 48 400437 3 90 82 29 400 88 03100454 35 15 01 5 1 16 0 1 Hectolitres Bushels into 0 23 09 0311 1 0 805 1 14 0 18 047 0 27 22 0 1 20 8 2 12 247 1 24 2 2 49 11 0 9 656 29 039 4 97 5 59 26 24 3 9 3 27 6 21 3 63 7 27 10 90 18 17 100 1 3 24 7 11 558 60 96 559 60 165 01 60 21 81 200 3 3 20 15 12 609 13 666 49 0761-99 16453 2767 07 3/709 61 4/772-15 5.774-69 6 77723 77797 70112 652 70 192 2 70 25 44 300 5 3 17 6 14 711 15 762 16 81 17 86 18 91 19 96 T. 1'10 CONVERSION OF FRENCH MONEYS AND PRICES AT THE EXCHANGE OF 25 FRANCS 20 CENTIMES PER £1 STERLING. EQUIVALENT BRITISH & FRENCH PRICES at the Exchange of 25 fr. 20 c. per £1. 1 fr. per kilog. = 10 fr. p. 100 kilog. 10 fr. p. 50 kilog. 1 fr. per metre = 4 d. per lb. 4s. Oğd. p. cwt. 88. Od. p. cwt. Sid. p. yard 38. 7 d. p. gal. 38. 7 d. p. gal. 10 fr. p. hectolitre=238. Od. p. qr. 10 fr. p. hectare 3s. 2d. p. acre 18. per lb. 2 fr. 78 c. per kilog. In the French import markets, sugar, coffee, rice, and other kinds of tropical produce, are sold at a price per 50 kilogs.—a weight precisely equal to the German Customs centner of 100 union pounds or half-kilogrammes, which is also used in Hamburg, Holland, Switzerland, &c., and equal 110 lbs. avoird. Being thus only 1 per cent. less than the British cwt., it may in *pproximate estimates be accounted equal to it; while 1000 kilogrammes may in like manner be taken approximately at 1 ton, GENERAL TABLE OF METRICAL EQUIVALENTS, SHOWING THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES TABLE OF FOREIGN & COLONIAL MONEYS & EXCHANGES. Place. Moneys. Australia, &c... Pounds, shillings, and pence sterling. Austria... 1000 reas1 paper milrea, about.. Buenos Ayres..25 paper dollars = 1 pataca Exchanges reckoned as in United States. Cape Colony.... Pounds, shillings, and pence sterling. 100 candarines 10 mace 1 tael. 100 cents, or 8 reals = 1 dollar... China........ Cuba.. Demerara, &c.. 100 cents=1 dollar.. Denmark. Egypt... France....... Germany. Gibraltar.. Greece... Hamburg. Holland..... India. Italy. Japan. Malta 96 skillings 1 rigsbank dollar... 100 centimes = 1 franc 100 pfennige 1 gold reichs marc... 100 cts. or 20 stivers = 1 florin or guil. Naples...... 40 blankeels = 10 ounces = 1 mitkul.. New Granada... 100 cents 1 new dollar.. 120 skillings5 marks-1 species dol. 4 Prussia, &c... 30 silver groschen = 1 thaler or dollar 43 4sp.d.53sk.£1 600 grani=30 tari = 24 scudi 1 onza 10 34 123 d. onza 100 centesimi = 1 lira nuova... 100 centesimos = 1 peseta or franc.... 5 pesetas 1 dollar. £1 0 9 25lir. 22 c. p £1 Roumania.... Russia. Sicily.. Singapore... 4 250d. dollar Spain 0 9 48d. dollar In the above valuations, standard gold is estimated at 1.8 17s. 10 d. and silver at 56. per ounce. |