WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 11 



Measures. 



8 padis =1 marakkal or toom. 



12 marakkals = 1 kalam. 



400 marakkals =1 garce. 



40 kalams = 1 candy. 



The toom or marakkal differs in different places of the 

 district. 



Milk, curds and buttermilk are sold by measure. 



Ghee, oils and honey are sold by measure as well as by 

 weight. 



Land Measure. 



1 kole or rod =24 feet. 



1 square kole ... .. = 576 square feet = 1 



kuzhi (Tamil) or 

 gunta (Telugu). 

 100 kuzhis or guntas .., = 1 kani = 57,600 square 



feet = 1'32 acres. 

 Same as cawny of 

 Tanjore. 



SOUTH ARCOT. 



Weights. 



3 tolas = 1 palam. 



8 palams = 1 seer. 



40 palams (5 seers) ... =1 viss. 



50 palams = 1 tuk. 



12 palams and a fraction (varying in different localities) = 

 1 rattal (for indigo). 



The 4 French ' pound is "5 kilo. The groundnut candy ia 

 240 kilos = 529-2 lb. 



In the Salt Factories. 



80 tolas ... = 1 seer. 



40 seers =1 Indian maund. 



120 maunds ... ... = 1 garce (4*39 tons). 



Grain Measure. 



( Officially recognized. ) 



132 tolas of rice = 1 heaped Madras- 



measure. 

 2 Madras measures = 1 marakkal. 



