3l8 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR SOUTH AFRICA. 



Conversion : — i kilogram = 2'205 lbs. 

 I cental = 45'36 kgs. 



I (metric) ton = 2204*6 lbs. 



N.B.^ — The short ton of 2,000 lbs. is customary in South 

 Africa. The avoirdupois or long ton is 2,240 lbs. The 

 avoirdupois cwt. is 112 lbs. 



Capacity. 

 (For Liquids only.) 



Customary. 

 2 pints =1 quart. 

 4 quarts = I gallon. 



Metric. 

 1. 000 millilitres = i litre. 

 1,000 litres —1 Hquid ton. 



Conversion: — i litre ^ i'/6 pints. 

 I gallon = 4' 546 litres. 



N.B. — A weight of i kg. (kilogram) of water has a capacity 

 of I litre. A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter. 



Square Measure. 

 (For Land.) 



Customary. 

 144 Cape square feet 



= T Cape rood. 

 600 Cape roods 



= 1 Cape morgen. 



^letric. 

 Squares of measures of length are 

 to be used for square measure, 

 but 10,000 square metres shall 

 be entitled a metric morgen 

 (French hectare). 

 Conversion: — i metric morgen ^i' 1675 morgen (or very nearly 

 or hectare i^ Cape morgen). 



N.B. — I English acre =0*40467 metric morgen =4,840 sq. yards. 

 ,, =0*4722 Cape morgen. 



9,000 sq. metres = I '0508 ,, ,, 



1,000 Cape feet =1*033 f^et. 



Volume or Citbie Measure. 



Cubes of measures of length are to be used for solid measure. 



N.B. — A cubic metre of water has: — 



Weight = I metric ton or 1,000 kg. 

 Capacity = i liquid ton or 1,000 litres. 



Hence, as wrought iron has a density of 7*85. 



a cubic metre of wrought iron weighs 7*85 metric tons. 



The same solid measure of : — 



Lead with a density of 11 '35 weighs ii*35 

 Gold, „ ., 19-33 " 19 "SS 



A cube containing- i millilitre of liquid measures 10 mm. along 

 each side and is commonly called a cubic centimetre. 



Troy IV eight. 

 (For bullion.) 



24 grains = i pennyweight (dwt.). 



20 pennyweights = i troy ounce. 



