4.22 MEMOm ON THE 



A hundred tads make 750 Frendi Ilvres^ 

 or about thirty- two pounds fterling. 



As money is not received lu China but 

 by weight, fpecie of every kind Is taken , of 

 whatever nature it may be ; but the quality 

 of it is carefully examined. This is called 

 ki-yns^, and noufs-toh ; the former of which 

 rcprefents our deniers for filver, and the lat- 

 ter our carat for gold. 



The current finenefs of filver is ninety • 

 four, to which ftandard all coins, whe- 

 ther above or below, are reduced. The 

 fineft filver is ninety-eight, and in trade 

 pafles for an hundred.* Hence it happens that 

 apiece of filver, gilt, which is acknowledged 

 to be of the finenefs of an hundred, would 

 be taken for an hundred and two. 



The piaftresof our colonies were formerly 

 taken at the rate of ninety-five, whereas thofe 

 of Mexico were received only at that of nine- 

 ty-four ; but the Chinefc, the fiirewdefl: of 

 mankind in refped to a knowledge of mo- 

 ney 



