2 . WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



The table used by European merchants in Madras is 

 slightly different from the above and is as follows : — 



1 palam = 1£ oz. avoirdupois. 



40 palams = 1 viss = 3£ lb. 



8 vis&es = 1 maund = 25 lb. 



zO-niaumls = 1 candy or baram = 



500 lb. 



Imperial Measures of Capacity. 



5 fluid ounces of water ... =1 gill. 



4 gills ... ™ 1 pint (pt.L 



2 pints ... ... = 1 quart (qt.-. 



4 quarts •= 1 gallon f gal.). 



2 gallons = 1 peck (pk.). 



4 pecks — 1 bushel (bus.). 



8 bushels ... =1 quarter (qr.). 



A gallon contains 277*463 c. inches and equals 10 lb. of 

 distilled water at 62° F. 



6'25 gallons = 1 cubic foot. 



1 gallon = '16 cubic foot. 



1 fluid ounce pure water weighs 1 oz. avoirdupois. 



41 A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter." 



Madras Measures of Capacity. 



These are extremely variable, and only a few of the most 

 widely known are given. 



8 ollocks =1 Madras measure 



(M.M.\ pucka 

 or padi. 

 8 Madras measures ... =1 marakkal. 



1 marakkal = £ cub. foot ... = 500 fluid oz. 



The type Madras measure is 108 inches cubic capacity, 

 contains 62*5 fluid ounces and is usually 4'5 inches in diame- 

 ter and 6*75 inches deep. 



In Madras and Saidapet it is struck : elsewhere it is 

 heaped. 



The seer when used as a measure is about 80 tolas : but 

 ▼aries with the commodity that is being used. 



Imperial Linear Measure. 



3 barleycorns =1 inch (in.). 



12 inches = 1 foot (ft.). 



