CORN MEASURES OF DIFFERENT PORTS, With their Appropriate Equivalent in English Quarters. ANTWERP.-Grain Sold by weight-1,015 Kilos 2,240 Lbs. DENMARK. 8 Scheffels 1 Toende or Tun; 21 Tuns= 10 Quarters. *Some calculate 208 Tuns = 100 Qrs. for Wheat,and 210 Tuns = 100 Qrs. for Oats. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA.-100 Ardebs of Wheat,&c. =63 Qrs.; 100 Ardebs of Beans =65Qrs. FRANCE. 112 Lbs. (Cwt.)=50 8-10th Kilogrammes; 100 Litres=1 Hectolitre; 2 Hectolitres 88 Litres = 1 Qr.; 36 Litres = 1 Bushel; 1 English Ton=1015 Kilogrammes. GERMANY. BREMEN HANOVER. -10 Scheffels = r ROTTERDAM.-I Last = 10 Quarters 10 Quarters Oats. *Some calculate 245 Minas, and some 248 Minas 100 Quarters. MILAN-VENICE.-3 Staja = 1 Quarter. NAPLES.-5 2-5th Tomoli=1 Quarter. LEGHORN.-4 Sacchi = 1 Quarter. TABLE SHOWING THE USANCE, OR USUAL TERM, AT WHICH BILLS ARE DRAWN IN LONDON ON THE FOLLOWING CITIES, AND THE DAYS OF GRACE ALLOWED. |