MEXICAN COINS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 57 



RfiSUMfi. 



Gold ' . $662,524 00 



Silver 21,405,330 90 



, $22,067,854 go 



Copper cents {ceniavos) 16,300 00 



Totalcoinagein the year (economic) of 1879 $22,084,15490 



COINAGE. 



Old Coinage. 



Onza de oro (gold ounce) . 16 dollars = £,i.o^ 



Media otiza o tioble pistola .8 " =-- 1.12 



Pisiola (one-fourth onza) .4 " = 0.16 



Escudo de oro (%(A6. escudo) , 2 " ^ 0.08 



Escudito de oro i " = 0.04 



Peso fuerte de plata (silver 



dollar) I " = 0.04 



7oi^o« (silver half of a dollar), 4 reales = 0.02' 

 Peseta (silver quarter of a 



dollar) 2 " = o.oi 



/??«/ (silver eighth of a dollar), i2j^cents= 6J^d. 

 Medio real (silver sixteenth 



of a dollar) 6J^ " 



Old Coinage — Contiimed. 

 Cua rtilla (silver thirty-second of a dollar'* , 3 cents. 

 Tlaco (copper), half of a cuartilla. 



New Coinage. 



Go\A 20 pesos 20 dollars = ;^4.o 



V'lece oi JO pesos 10 " = 2.0 



Piece of 5 /f j^j 5 " = i.o 



S'\\\&T\ {10 diueros 20 grauos), I " = 04 



A half, 50 ceiiia7'os .... 50 cents = 0.2 



A quarter, 25 ceniavos ... 25 " = o.i 



A tenth, 10 10 " 



A twentieth, 5 5 " = 2j.^d. 



Copper I I " = i^d. 



Nickel coins, in i, 2, 3, and 5 cent denominations, were issued in 1SS3, but did not 

 meet with favor fiom the people, who preferred silver. 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



I foot measures 0.928 foot English. 



I vara (3 feet Mexican) equals 2.784 feet English, or 2 feet 9.3141 inches English. 



1 league (26.63 to i meridian) equals 5,000 varus, or 2.636 miles English. 



Nezv Measures. 



Kilometro (kilometre) equals i,ooo metres or 1,086 yards. 

 Metro (metre) equals 100 centimetres, or 1 yard 354 inches. 

 Centimetro (centimetre) equals 2J4 hundredths to an inch. 



The metric system is legal in Mexico, and coming into general use, as it should 

 be in the United States also, insuring uniformity in weights and measures 

 throutrhout the continent. 



