MONEYS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES.
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COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS,
Compared with the most frequented ports according to the Dutch Standard Grains by which all weights are regulated.
| Equal to in | United States or London, |
Amsterdam, | Cadiz, | Hamburg, | Havre, | Leghorn, | Petersburg, | Paris, | |
| 100 lbs. in | |||||||||
| United States or London |
100 |
091 3/4 |
098 2/3 |
093 3/5 |
085 5/6 |
133 2/3 |
110 5/6 |
092 4/5 | |
| Amsterdam | 108 2/3 | 100 | 107 1/6 | 102 | 093 1/2 | 145 1/2 | 120 3/4 | 100 4/5 | |
| Cadiz | 101 1/2 | 093 1/3 | 100 | 095 | 087 1/6 | 135 3/4 | 112 1/2 | 094 1/7 | |
| Hamburg | 106 2/3 | 098 | 105 | 100 | 091 2/3 | 142 1/2 | 118 1/2 | 098 3/4 | |
| Havre | 116 2/3 | 107 | 114 2/3 | 109 1/6 | 100 | 155 2/3 | 129 1/6 | 108 | |
| Leghorn | 074 4/5 | 068 3/4 | 073 2/3 | 070 | 064 1/5 | 100 | 083 | 069 1/3 | |
| Petersburg | 090 | 084 4/5 | 088 2/3 | 084 1/3 | 077 1/4 | 120 1/4 | 100 | 083 1/2 | |
| Paris | 107 3/4 | 099 | 106 1/4 | 101 | 092 1/2 | 144 | 119 3/4 | 100 |
FOREIGN MONEYS,
WITH THEIR VALUES, AS ESTIMATED AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE BY LAW.
| Dollars. | |
| Aux Cates, 8 1/4 livres are equal to | 1.00 |
| Blue or current Dollar of Denmark, according to the exchange of London. | |
| Cayenne, 8 livres 5 sols of, are equal to | 1.00 |
| Ducat of Naples | 0.80 |
| Franc of France | 0.18 3/4 |
| Florin of Trieste | 0.48 |
| Genoa, 6 1/3 livres are taken as | 1.00 |
| Guadaloupe, 8 livres and 5 sols | 1.00 |
| Guilder of Antwerp | 0.40 |
| Guilder of„ Crefelt | 0.40 |
| Guilder of„ Frankfort, and others of the 24 Guilder of florin rate |
0.40 |
| Guilder of„ Holland | 0.40 |
| Guilder of„ Nuremburg | 0.40 |
| Guilder of„ St. Gall, 0.40 36/100 | |
| Guilder of„ Trieste | 0.48 |
| Guilder of„ United Netherlands | 0.40 |
| Livre of France | 0.18 1/2 |
| Livre of„ Geneva | 0.29 |
| Livre of„ Genoa, 6 1/3 livres | 1.00 |
| Livre of„ Leghorn, 6 1/2 livres | 1.00 |
| Louis d’or Rix-dollar | 0.77 |
| Marc Banco of Hamburg | 0.33 1/3 |
| Milrea of Brazil, according to rate of exchange. | |
| Milrea of Madeira | 1.00 |
| Milrea of„ Portugal | 1.24 |
| Ounce of Sicily | 2.46 |
| Pezza of Leghorn, 0.90 76/100 | |
| Piastre of Turkey, according to rate of exchange in London. | |
| Pound Sterling of England, Scotland, and Ireland | 4.80 |
| Pound Sterling of Antigua | 2.22 |
| Pound Sterling of„ Barbadoes | 3.20 |
| Pound Sterling of„ Bermuda | 3.00 |
| Pound Sterling of„ Halifax | 4.00 |
| Pound Sterling of„ Jamaica | 3.00 |
| Pound Sterling of„ New Providence | 2.50 |
| Rial Plate of Spain | 0.10 |
| Rial Velon of Spain | 0.05 |
| Rix-dollar of Bremen | 0.77 |
| Rix-dollar of„ Denmark | 1.00 |
| Rix-dollar of„ Berlin, current, 0.68 29/100 | |
| Rix-dollar of„ Hamburg | 1.00 |
| Rix-dollar of„ Prussia, 0.68 29/100 | |
| Rix-dollar of„ Saxony | 0.69 |
| Rix-dollar of„ Sweden | 1.00 |
| Ruble of Russia, according to the exchange between London and St. Petersburg. | |
| Rupee of Bombay, Calcutta, and Sicca, each | 0.50 |
| Rupee of Madras, 108＝100 Sicca rupees. | |
| Star Pagoda of India | 1.84 |
| St. Bartholomews, 8 s. 3 d. | 1.00 |
| St. Kitts, 9 s. 0 d. | 1.00 |
| Tale of China | 1.48 |
CLOTH MEASURE.
| Place. | Measure. | Length of a single measure in English inches. |
No. of each equal to 100 English yards. |
| Amsterdam | Ell | 27.07 | 132.988 |
| Batavia | Ell | 27.00 | 133.333 |
| Bengal | Cubit | 18.00 | 200.000 |
| Bremen | Ell | 22.76 | 158.172 |
| China | Covid | 14.62 | 246.238 |
| Constantinople | Long Pic | 27.90 | 129.032 |
| Copenhagen | Ell | 24.71 | 145.690 |
| England | Yard | 36.00 | 100.000 |
| England„ | Ell | 45.00 | 080.000 |
| Florence | Braccio | 22.98 | 156.657 |
| France | Aune | 46.85 | 076.841 |
| France„ | Metre | 39.37 | 091.445 |
| Hamburg | Ell | 22.58 | 159.433 |
| Leghorn | Braccio | 23.98 | 156.657 |
| Malta | Cauna | 81.90 | 043.956 |
| Naples | Cauna | 83.00 | 043.273 |
| Netherlands | Ell | 39.37 | 091.440 |
| Prussia | Ell | 26.25 | 137.142 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Vara | 43.50 | 082.758 |
| Rotterdam | Ell | 27.20 | 132.352 |
| Russia | Arsheen | 28.00 | 128.571 |
| Smyrna | Pic | 27.00 | 133.333 |
| Spain | Vara | 33.38 | 107.849 |
| Sweden | Ell | 23.36 | 154.109 |
| Venice | Silk Braccio | 24.81 | 145.102 |
| Vienna | Silk Ell | 30.66 | 117.416 |
