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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



[Sumatra. 



Accounts are kept as follows : — 



4 Copangs equal to 1 Maor. 



4 Mace ..♦ - 1 Pardow. 



4 Pardows • 1 Tale. 



In the gold dust trade, imaginary coins are adopted, viz. tales and 

 maces of gold ; and 5 of these are reckoned equal to 4 pieces of the same 

 denomination of the common coin. 



The gold dust is reckoned 9£ touch of Malabar, or 22 £ carats fine. 

 A buncal of gold is valued at 7 tales of gold in merchandise, but at 7{ 

 tales in good's. 



Weights. — All goods are weighed by the dotchin, which should be 

 carefully examined and proved. The smaller the quantity of goods 

 weighed at a time to the natives, under 100 catties, the more to the 

 advantage of the seller. 



The great weights are the bahar, which equals 423 lbs. 6 oz. 13 drs. 

 avoirdupois, and contains 200 catties, and 4000 buncals. 



One Chinese catty and a half is commonly equivalent to a Malay catty, 

 which makes 3 Chinese peculs equal to 1 bahar ; but this is under the true 

 equivalent. 



The lesser weights are as follow : — 



4 Copangs equal to 1 Mace. 



8 Mace . ...1 Pagoda. 



2 Pagodas * ] Tale. oz. (tu ts. gr. 



5 Tales ■ 1 Buncal = 1 . 10 . 21 troy. 



20 Buncals . I Cutty =30 . 17 . 12 



In gold, the buncal is 92 touch, and is therefore worth £6. 0s. 7£d. 



The buncal is often altered in its proportion to the standard number 

 of mace (80), at the pleasure of the merchants, and consequently the 

 catty varies. 



A maund of 75 lbs. rice contains 21 bamboos. The bamboo consists of 

 4 cauls, when the King's chop is on it ; but it is reckoned commonly at 5. 



Measures. — With the following they receive and deliver all kinds of 

 grain. 



2 Chops* equal to 1 Quarter, lbs. oz. drs. 



2 Quarters » 1 Bamboo = 3 , 10 . 10 avoird, 



8 Barabooa „ 1 Nelly. 



10 Nellies „ 1 Guueha. 



10 Gunchas 1 Coyang, 



