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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



TANJORE AND TRICHINOPOLY. 



Weights. 



16 pies ss 1 palam or 3 tolas. 



8 palams == 1 seer. 



5 seers = 1 viss. 



8 visses =1 maund. 



20 maunds . =1 candy. 



Hides and leather are weighed in terms of a rattal of H 

 seers. 



Vegetables, tamarind, etc., in terms of Ihukku or -edai of 

 Gi seers. 



Measures. 



2 padis 



12 marakkals 



2 kalams 



5 somais 



4 urais ... 

 120 coconuts 

 40 marakkals of onions 

 32 palams of oil (vegetable) 

 16 sombus 



= 1 



marakkal. 

 1 kalam. 

 1 somai (load). 

 1 urai. 



1 bandy load. 

 1 somai or load. 

 1 podi or pack. 

 1 sombu. 

 1 adam. 



A small padi, of which four go to the marakkal, is still 

 largely used by the ryot. A seer, one-fifth of a padi, is used 

 for measuring milk, etc The kalam itself varies from taluk 

 to taluk. 



Land Measure. 



144 sq. feet. 

 100 kulis .., 



3 ma's .. 



4 ma's . .. 

 20 ma's ... 



= 1 



1 kuli. 

 1 ma. 

 1 acre 

 1 kani. 

 veli (6-£ 



acres) . 



TINNEVELLY. 



Weights. 



144 palams 



12 tulams 

 2 pothis 



rupees weight 



= 1 palam. 



= 1 tulam (100 



palams — 1 tulam 

 in the south). 



= 1 pothi. 



= 1 candy (500 lb.). 



