198 Weights and Measures [no. 4, new series, 



Sprits in Madras are sold by the " dram" of 5*775 cubic inches, 

 or T 'o tn of the old Wine gallon. 



Instead of making 40 " seer-measures" = 1 " Mun-mea- 

 sure," which might cause a confusion in the terms of Weight and 

 Measure, (and the term Mun or Maund is not in use as a grain 

 measure in Southern India,) it would be better to give some name 

 to a quantity represented by 100 Seers. This might be called 

 a " Sotee," from so, a hundred. The " Table" adverted to in 

 the preceding page, would be as follows : 



DRY AND LIQUID MEASURES. 



Seers. 



Cubic 

 inches. 



Tolas of 

 Water. 



Tolas of 

 Rice 

 when 



struck. 



Tolas of 

 Rice 



in 

 heap. 



Total 

 weight. 



Diameter 

 inches. 



Depth 

 inches. 



I. 

 II. 

 III. 

 IV. 

 V. 

 VIII. 

 X. 



611 

 123 2 

 198-3 

 264-4 

 330 5 

 528-8 

 6610 



92| 

 185 

 277| 

 370 

 462± 

 740 

 925 



149 



223J 



298 



372| 



596 



745 



1 1 



16J 



22 



27* 



44 



55 



80 

 160 

 240 

 320 

 400 

 640 

 800 



3- 7 



4- 5 



5- 3 



5- 7 



6- 2 

 7 3 



7- 7 



6 2 

 7-7 

 9.0 

 10 3 

 10-9 



12- 8 



13- 0 









LIQUID 



MEASURE. 







1 



f 



i 



8 



33.0 

 16-5 

 8-25 



23± 

 111 



16 





3.0 

 2-5 

 '20 



4-7 

 3-4 

 26 



Although the above plan for Measures of Capacity would pro- 

 bably have the great advantage of facility of introduction, yet 

 it is objectionable for any Government to lend a sanction to heaped 

 measure ; moreover it will be observed that such a system does 

 not accommodate itself at all to any English Measure of Capacity. 

 Lastly, it would be indispensable that in every Measure used, the 

 exact diameter be retained, in order to secure correctness (as far 

 as it can be secured) in the heaped measure. This would give 

 rise to a great deal of inconvenience, and is not a necessary ele- 

 ment where struck Measures only are acknowledged, 



