[26 SOME SOUTH INDIAN INSECTS. ETC. [CHAP. XI. 



APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XI. 



The following list < > t Weightsand Measures maybe found useful 

 for the application of Insecticides : 



i tola 6*58 drachms weight of one silver rupee. 

 16 drachms 1 ounce (oz.) = 25 tolas nearly. 



i'i ciinicvs 1 pound (lb.) = 8 chittaks. 

 28 lb. 1 quarter (qr.) = 14 seers. 



-112 11>.) 1 hundredweight (cwt.) = i maund, 14 seers. 

 20 cwt. = 1 ton 27*222 maunds. 

 10 tolas - 1 chittak. 

 8 chittaks = 1 seer. 

 40 seers = 1 maund = S2 lb. 



1 Madras maund 40 seers of 24 tolas t\« li 

 5 fluid ounces of water = 1 gill. 



4 skills = 1 pint = 10 chittaks. 



2 pints = 1 quarl 1 seer, 4 chittaks. 

 4 quarts — 1 gallon = 5 seers. 



1 fluid ounce weighs one ounce, nearly. 



1 pint of water weighs 1*25 lb. 



1 gallon of water weighs 10 lb. 



One American gallon is onl) five-sixths "fan English gallon. 



An ordinary kerosine tin contains four gallons of fluid, an ordinary 



whiskey bottle one-sixth of a gallon. 

 1 gramme = i5'432 grains — "032 ounces 

 1,000 grammes = 1 kilogramme 2-20 ll>. 



1 ounce = 28"35 '^ T '- Xu ■ 



1 pound 4S3"58 granules ; '454 kilogrammes. 



1 litre 35 1. oz. 1, pints = -22 gallons. 



1 gallon 4-54 litres. 



i cubic metre of water = 220 gallons. 



25 millimetres (mm.) one inch, approximate 



10 millimetres = 1 centimetre (cm). 



1,000 millimetres = 100 cm. — 1 metre = 39'37 inches = 1*093 



yards. 

 1 yard = '914 metres. 



1,000 metres 1 kilometre 1*609 English miles. 

 1 mile '621 kilometres. 



ire metre = 1 centiare = 10711 1 sq. i et, 

 100 sq. in tn s 1 acre = "024 acres. 



