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MEXICAN COINS, MEASURES, AND WEIGHTS. 
. i onza (gold) == 16 dollars. 
1 peso (silver) == 1 dollar. 
1 real (silver) = 12} cents. : 
4 real (silver), == 6) cents. 
1 quartillo (copper) = 3} A 
1 tlaco (copper) = 1,% cent. 
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1 foot Mexican = 0.928 foot English. 
1 vara (3 feet Mexican) — 2.784 ft. Eng. = 2 ft. 9.3141 inches Engl. 
1 legua (26.63 to 1 meridian) = 5,000 varas = 2.636 miles English. 
1 onza(Sochavos) = _ 1 ounce. * 
1 marco (8 onzas) = 4 pound. 
1 libra (2 marcos) == | pound. 
1 arroba (25 libras) = 25 pounds. 
1 quintal (4 arrobas) = 100 pounds. 
| carga (3 quintals) = 300 pounds. 
1 fanega (140 pounds) = about 2 bushels. 
1 almuer (almuerza) = jy of a fanega. 
1 frasco = about 5 pints. 
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