CHINESE TRADE, 42 I 



Uioaey, except thefe caches and halfpence. 

 Payments are made only by weight ; and 

 the Chinefe are often even obliged to clip 

 gold and iilvcr, in order to fettle their ac- 

 counts, when they either pay or receive- 

 The inftniment which they ufe for this 

 purpofe, is called kias-iieUy in French tap-' 

 clime. 



Gold and filver^ for the payment of large 

 fums, is weighed in fcales ; and for thofe 

 of from fifteen to twenty tach^ a fmall fteel- 

 yard is employed. 



The Chinefe reckon by ieang^ ijien^ tueny 

 ijj and bh ; in the room of which the 

 Portuguefe have fubftituted the words tael^ 

 mas^ condoritiy cachc^ and hm* 



I Tael is equal to 10 Mas, 



1 Mas 10 Condorins. 



f Condon ti ~ — ■ 10 Caches. 



I Cache 10 Hiius. 



A tael Is worth about an ounce of filver- 

 E e 3 A hun- 



