Law's grocer's manual : a practical guide for tea and provision dealers, Italian warehousemen, chandlers, drysalters, bakers, confectioners, fruiterers, and general store-keepers / compiled and arranged by James T. Law.

Date:
[1902?]
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Credit: Law's grocer's manual : a practical guide for tea and provision dealers, Italian warehousemen, chandlers, drysalters, bakers, confectioners, fruiterers, and general store-keepers / compiled and arranged by James T. Law. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    ’Holland.—The Dutch currency con- tra of florins (gulden or guilder) and lits. The florin (1/8) contains 100 i ts. The only gold coins now is- • !d are pieces of 10 fl. [gaud tieritje). ee Silver coins are pieces of 21 £L •kksdaatder), 1 fl. (r/utaen), 1 fl. (lien ver), f fl. (kwartje), 1'10 fl. (dub- /«■). Copper coins are -Id (halve •ver), l'5d. (cent), and llOd. (halve '). Weights and measures as IFrance. N.B.—Foreign money is ;:en at all the Dutch Railway Sta- ns. Telegraph Offices, and the prin- ral Hotels, Restaurants, and Cafes. Vangary.—5 kreutzers = 1 penny, 1 Itden = l/S; 1 yedro = 2.7 gals.; 1 ;:t = .902 lbs. ■tditf. —12 pies = l anna = lfd., 16 nias = l rupee = silver, 2/-, gold ;ne, 1/2 to 1/6; 8 chittaks = f seer lbs., 5 seers = 1 j>asseeree = 0 2/7 lbs., 8 passeeree8 = l imp. uund = S2 2-7 lbs.; 1 koonkee or :ttak = 45 feet square, 1 hauth = l 3 hauths = l guz = l yard, 1 seer if pint about (1.6457 exact), 1 1 md = 8f gallons about. The value the maund, the unit of weight, ies in each of the Presidencies; us the Madras maund = 25 lbs., tnbay maund = 28 lbs., Bengal und = 82 2-7 lbs.; so that 1,000! t. gal maunds = 2,938f Bombay \ 'mds, and 3,291-1- Madras maunds. j mi an Islands.—English and Greek neye, weights, and measures ob- u at their native values. •In. — As in France; 10)1 ctnts = ;ra = l franc = 9fd.; quintal = 1.968 -3. u, pm— 10 rin = l sen, 100 sen = _-n—2/1, 100 eents = l silver itzebue '7; 160 momme = l kin or catty = \ ha., 1 kwan =8.2817 lbs., 100 kin picul —133J lbs., 10 sung = l 1 {ii = 12 inches about (11.954 exact), en = 1.9884 yards, 1 tsubo = 3.9538 yards. 120,000 tsubo = 100 acres, jh = ll cubic inches about (11.075 :t), or | of a pint about (0.3195 I ;t), 1 sho = 3 pints, 1 koku = 6.409 c feet, or 39.7033 gals, (liquid), 4.9629 bushels (dry), Ri = 2.440 •s, sq. ri = 5.9552 sq. miles, tcho (long measure) = 5.4229 chains, tcho (land measure) = 2.4507 acres. Java.—100 centen = l guilder or florin = 1/8. (Note.—Average exchange of Dutch and Java money is in the proportion of seven Netherlands flor- ins to eight Java ditto.) Chinese weights are in use, say, 100 catties = 1 picul = 136 lbs. Jersey and Guernsey.—See Channel Islands Madagascar.—English and French moneys- are used, but are cut in pieces by the natives, and used ac- cording to weight in the following proportion—1 dollar = 5 franc piece = 4/2; monscha = 6 6-10 lbs. about (6.6132 exact), satu = 56 lbs., vata = 34 lbs., refe—measure of length— averages 60 inches, but varies accord- ing to locality. Madeira —10 reals or reis = fd., 200 reis = l pistareen = 10d.; 1 kilo- gramme = 2 lbs. 3 oz., 1 arroba = 32 lbs., 1 almude = 4 gallons, 1 alqueire = J of a bushel about (0.39 exact), 256 alqueires = 100 bushels. Malay (Singapore and Strait Set- tlements). — 1 pie = fd., 10 pies = l copang = 5d., 10 copangs = 1 dollar = 4/2; 100 catties = 1 Malay picul = 142f lbs., 1 bazaar maund = 82f lbs., 1 seer = 2 lbs. 1 oz., 15 Malay cattie3 = 16 China catties, 4 chopas = l gan- ton = lf gallon = 6 17-100 cubic 'nehts about, 1 jumba = 12 square feet, 1 hasta or cubit = 18 inches. Malta.—1 caffiso=’4f impl. gallons. Mauritius.-—Same as Great Britain. Mexico. —100 centavos = 1 peso = 1 Mex. dollar = 4/3f 16 piastres = 1 doblon, real = 6fd., peso = 4/3id; 1 libra=l lb. (about, 1.014 exact), 1 cantaro = 3f gallons (about, 3.552 exact). Morocco. — 1 okcat = l,)d., 1 cnce = 5 l-5d., 5 okals=l ducat = 7fd., real vellon = 2fd., mitkal=4id. (Spanish money is in general circulation); 20 ukiahs = l rotl = lJ lbs. (about, 1.12 exact) (produce sold by the rotl of If lbs.), 1 mahd = 3 gallons about (3.08 exact), l kula = 3J gallons about, 1 fancga =