With the new weights, one would be able to say ac- 

 curately and without any special effort that 17,6531bs. was 

 equal to 17 new tons, 6 centals, 5 new stones and 3 Ibs., 

 whereas with our present system it would take some little 

 time to work it out. 



RELATION TO COINAGE. 



Fortunately we have a decimal connection between 

 gold and shillings, seeing that 10/- are equal to half a sover- 

 eign. The half-sovereign should then be taken as the unit 

 for gold and called, say a " George/' The shilling would re- 

 main the same, and the new penny made equal to one- tenth 

 of a shilling. The penny may be sub-divided into 10 parts, 

 hence the proposed system of coinage would be : 



1 George = 10 Shillings = 100 New Pennies = 1,000 (Farthings ?) 



A 5 note would then be equal to 10 Georges which gives 

 another decimal connection with existing bank notes. 



APPLICATION OF REFORMED SYSTEM. 



It will now be interesting to compare our present system 

 with the suggested Reformed system. Take for example 

 English wheat which may be sold at about 73/6 per 504 Ibs. 

 (Jan. 1918). The prices per fix, stone, cwt. and ton would 

 then be as follows : 



The advantage of the decimal system is obvious, seeing 

 the prices per ton, cental, &c., can be seen at a glance as soon 

 as we know the price per lb. and vice versa. 



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