io British Currency Decimalised and Imperialised 



and the natives are thus accustomed to calculate decimally 

 by cents. 



Any characteristic features special to particular coins, 

 such as the triple leg of Man, and the central perforation 

 of Nigerian and East African coins, could, of course, be 

 reproduced. 



KULE FOE CONVERSION OF MONEY. 



Convert to florins, and reckon Is. and 6d. as 50 and 25 

 cents respectively, and fractions of 6d. as 4 cents to the 

 penny. Example : 



5 9 10J=54-00+0'75+0-18=fl. 54'93 



CHIEF EFFECTS OF THE CHANGE. 



Articles hitherto sold at per dozen and per gross 

 would now be sold at per ten, per hundred, and per 

 thousand. As a dozen articles at 20s one at 20 pence, 

 so ten at 8 florins (fl. 8'00) would=one at 80 cents 

 (fl. 0'80), 100 at fl. 80-00, and 1000 at fl. 800'00 (or 80). 

 The equivalent to the ounce is generally taken as 30 

 grams (actually 28'35 gm.), and to the pound 500 grams 

 (actually 453'59 gm.). 



For Domestic commodities, small articles would be sold 

 by the gram, larger ones by the kilogram (1000 gm.). 

 Our English (Id.) roll weighs about 85 grams. The 

 Ib.-loaf would become the 500 gram or " half-kilo " loaf ; 

 the 2-lb. loaf the " kilo " (1000 gm.) loaf. Coal would be 

 sold by the 50 and 100 "kilo" sacks ( = 1 and 2 cwt.) 

 A ton, being equivalent to the metric "tonne" (1000 

 kilos), need not change its name. A ton of coals would 

 be delivered in 10 quintal (10 hundred-kilo) sacks of 2 cwt. 

 each. 



The Tariffs of the various Government departments 

 would require revision, which, by the use of the above 

 rule, could be effected by a junior clerk in an hour or 



