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CHINA

Weight.

10 SsH 10 Hu 10 Hao 10 Li 10 Fin 10 Ch'ien 16 Liang 100 CTmt

= 1 = 1

Hu. Hao.

10 Ko 10 Sheng

= 1 Zz (nominal cash).

= 1 Fin (Candareen).

= 1 Ch'ien (Mace).

= 1 Liang (Tael) = 1 £ oz. avoirdupois by treaty.

= 1 C%i» (Catty) = 1J lbs.

="l TW(Picul) = 133|lbs.

Capacity.

= 1 Sheng.

— 1 Tou (holding from 6^ to 10 Kin of rice and mea- suring from 1*13 to 1*63 gallon). Commodities, even liquids, such as oil, spirits, &c, are com- monly bought and sold by weight.

Length.

10 Fen. . = 1 Ts'un (inch).

10 Ts'un. . = 1 Gh'ih (foot) = 14*1 English inches by treaty.

10 Ch'ih. . = 1 Chang = 2 fathoms

1 Li. . = approximately one-third of a mile.

In the tariff settled by treaty between Great Britain and China, the Ch'ih of 14^ English inches has been adopted as the legal standard. The standards of weight and length vary all over the Republic, the Ch'ih, for example, ranging from 9 to 16 English inches, and the Chang ( = 10 Ch'ih) in proportion ; but at the treaty ports the use of the foreign treaty standard of Ch'ih and Chang is becoming common.

Diplomatic Representatives.

1. Of China in Great Britain.

Envoy and Minister. — Vi-kyuin Wellington Koo. Appointed Sept. 29, 1920.

Councillor of Legation. — Sir John M'Leavy Brown, C. M.G.

First Secretary. — Chao-hsin Chu.

Second Secretary. — Wen-pin Wei.

Third Secretaries. — Tsu-Lieh Sun and Ding Shu.

Attache's. — Vanli K. Dzung and Yung-Ching Yang.

Naval Attache. — Commander Chen Shao-Kwan, D.S.O. (absent).

Consul- General in London. — Lo Chang (January, 1919).

2. Of Great Britain in China.

Envoy and Minister. — Sir Beilby F. Alston, K.C.B. Appointed Sep- tember 2, 1919.

Counsellor of Legation. — R. H. Clive, C.M.G.

Second Secretary. — G. E. Hubbard.

Third Secretary. — Robert Dunbar, M.C.

Chinese Counsellor. — 8. Barton, C.M.G.

Commercial Counsellor. — H. H. Fox, C.M.G.

Commercial Secretaries. — A. Rose, CLE. and H. J. Brett.

Judge — Sir H. W. de Sausmarez (at Shanghai).