24 On Indian Weights and Measures. [No. 9, new 

 Bengal Table of Weights with Tola equal to 175 grains. 



Number of 

 grains con- 

 taining now. 



Grains. 



Tolas. 



Chittaks. 



Bengal 

 seer. 



Mun. 





Equivalent 

 in English 

 lbs. 



180 



175= 



1 











l-40th 



900 



875= 



5= 



1 











14400 



14000= 



80= 



16= 



1 







2 



576000 



560000= 



3200= 

 By this 



640= 

 arrang 



40= 

 ement 



1 



25= 



would equal 



80 

 2000 



the proposed New Ton. 



The Bengal Table might be written in this way, — 

 175 grains = 1 tola. 

 5 tolas = 1 chittak. 



8 chittaks = 1 ft). 

 2 lb =1 Bengal seer. 



40 Beng. seers = 1 mun. 

 25 mun. = 1 ton. 



The Calcutta and Madras Tables amalgamated make,- 



175 grains 

 5 tolas 

 8 chittaks 

 2 lbs. 



1 j Beng. seer 

 8 viss 



3J Maund or 80 lbs. 



= 1 tola. 



= 1 chittak. 



= 1 ft). 



= 1 seer, (Bengal) 



= 1 viss. 



= 1 maund. 



== 1 mun. 



= 1 ton. 



25 muns. 



Mr. Bayley, however, says it seems impracticable to reduce the 

 Rupee to 175 grains ; if this is the case of course all advocacy is 

 at an end. But, prima facie, it appears to us more feasible to re- 

 duce the unit of weight, which the great bulk of the people know 

 nothing about, from an arbitrary number selected by ourselves to 

 a number more in accordance with the average weight of Rupees 

 of Native Governments, than to alter the relative values of weights 

 higher up the scale which they do know something about, and have 

 an obstinate prejudice for, having daily occasion to make use of 



