296 APPENDIX. 



AN ACRE OF LAND CONTAINS 



4 Roods, each rood 40 rods, poles, or perches. 

 160 Rods, 30^ yards each. 

 4,840 Square yards, 9 feet each. 

 43,560 Square feet, 144 inches each. 

 174,240 Squares of 6 inches each. 

 6,272,640 Inches, or squares of one inch each. 



A Table of various Foreign Coins, 6fc., unth their value in Fed- 

 eral Money^ as established by an act of Congress, 



$ d. c. m. 



Pound sterling, or Sovereign, 4 3 7 5 



Pound of Ireland, 4 10 



Pound of the Canadas, 4 



Pagoda of India, 19 4 



Mill-rea of Portugal, 12 4 



Rouble of Russia, 6 6 



Rupee of Bengal, 5 5 



Guilder of the Netherlands, 3 9 



Mark Banco of Hamburgh, 3 4 4 



Livre of France, 1 8 5 



Real of Spain, 1 



A Table of the weight and value of certain Foreign Coins. 



Names. Standard weight. Federal value. 



Gold. dwt. gr. E. $ d. c. m 



A Johannes, 18 17 6 4* 



A Half Johannes, 9 8 5 3 2 



ADoubloon, 17 9 15 5 3 5 



An English Guinea, 5 9| 5 7 5 



Silver. 



English or French Crown, 19 115 

 The Dollar of Spain, Sweden, 



or Denmark, 17 6 1 



An English Shilling, 311 24 3J 



In the State of New York, the local currency is calculated at eight 

 shillings, of 12^ cts. each, to the dollar ; and some of the estimates in 

 this Volume being in that currency, (see pp. 171, 172,) the pound is 

 calculated at $2.50, or 20 shillings, of 12^ cts. each. 



