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system has been adopted in many of the government departments and on the royal railways. The customary measures of weight are : — 1 Tical = 15 grams or approximately 53 02. : 4 Tieah = 1 Tamlung (60 grams or 2*1 oz.) ; 20 Tamlungs — 1 Chang (1*2 kilograms or 2 lbs. 10 - 3 oz.) ; and 50 Chang = 1 Hap (60 kilograms or slightly oyer 1324; lbs.).

The unit of length is the \l r ah. The measures of length are : — 1 Xiew = •83 inches ; 12 Niu = 1 Keub (10 inches) ; 2 Keup = 1 Satok (20 inches) ; 4 Satck =1 Wah (80 inches) : 20 Wah = 1 Sen (133 feet); 400 Sen = 1 Vote (10 miles, roughly). For square measure the unit is the Rai = "39 acres.

Diplomatic and Consular Representatives.

1. Of Siam in Grkat Britain.

Envoy and Minister. — Phya Buri Xavarasth (appointed March 31, 1919). Counsellor of Legation.— V?. J. Archer, L'.M.U.

-i Secretary. — Phra Sanpakitch. Second Secretary. — Lewis C. Bateman. Third Secretary. — Laang Bhides.

Attaches. — Luang Chara Naovides and Luang Sundara Vachana. Military Attache. — Major Prince Pridideb.

2. Of Great Britain in Siam.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. — K ::ionr,

M.V.O. (appointed 1919).

First Secretary of Legation and Consul-Qeneral at Bangkok. — T. H. Lvle, C.M.G.

There are consular representatives at Chiengmai, Senggora, and Nakawn- Lampang and Puket. Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Siam.

Statistical Tear Book of the Kingdom of Siam. Bangkok. Annual. (Fine issue, 1916.)

Report of the Financial Adviser on the Budget of Siam. Annual. Bangkok.

Foreign Office Reports on the Trade of Bangkok, of Chiengmai and of the Monthon, of Nakon Srimarat and Patani. Annual Series. London.

Reports on the Operations of the Royal Survey Department. Bangkok.

Pirectorv of Bangkok and Siam (Bangkok Times). Bangkok. Annual.

Betto (8.), Siam and China. London. V.'li.

Bettering (John), The Kingdom and People of Siam. 2 vol*. London, 1857.

Campbell (J. G. D.), Siam in the XXtli Century. London, 1902.

Carter (A. C), The Kingdom of Siam. [Louisiana Purchase Exhibition.] New Tork and London, 1904.

Cliford (H.), Further India. London, 1904.

Cclqunoun (A. R.), Among the Shans. London, 1865.

Crawford. Journal of an Embassy to Siam andCochin-China. 2 vols. 2nd edition, 1830.

Graham (W. A.) Siam. A Handbook of Practic il, Commercial and Political Information London, 1912.

Jottrand (M. et Mme \ Au Siam. Paris, 1905.

Lemire (Ch.), La France et le Siam (1662-1903). Paris, 1903.

McCarthy (J.), Surveying and Exploring in Siam. London, 1900.

ilouhot (Henry), Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos during the years 1353-1860. 2 vols. London, 1S64.

Orleans (Prince Henri d'), Une Excursion en Indo-Chine. Paris, 1892.— Around Tonkin and Siam. London, 1894.

Pnllegoix (D. J.). Description du royanme de Thai on Siam. 2 vols. Paris, 1854.

Rectus (Elisee), NouveUe geographie nniverselle. Vol. VIII. L'Inde etl'Indo-Chine Paris. I

Satov (E. M.), Essay towards a Bibliography of Siam. Singapore, 1

Smyth (H. W.), Journeys on the Upper Mekong. London, 1895.— Five Years in Siam. 2 vcls. London, 1898.

Sommerzille (M.), Siam on the Meiuam. London, 1897.

Thompson (P. A.), Lotus Land. London, 1906.

Vincent (Frank), The Land of the White Elephant. New York, 1900.

Whitney (C). Jungle Trails and Jungle People. London, 1905.

Young (E.), The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe. 3rd ed. London, 1907.

Younghu4band(G. J.), Eighteen Hundred Miles in a Burmese Tat through Burma* , Siam, and the Eastern Shan States. London.