The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations, Tables, Etc; Useful in the Trade to China & Eastern Asia with an Appendix of Sailing Directions for Those Seas and Coasts (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 Excerpt: ...coin is the Netherlands gulden, which is divided into 100 centen; and there are also half and quarter gulden, and dimes of 10 centen. The only copper money is the centen, the old duiten having been all called in. Every other kind of copper coin is prohibited. Gold and silver coins of all descriptions are admitted into Java, but are articles of trade and not parts of the currency. Ten gulden pieces, Dutch gold ducats, both new and old, English sovereigns, and doubloons, are all more or less common. A paper currency is also issued under governmental control by the Java Bank, at Batavia; with branch offices at Soerabaya and Samarang. The notes are for /.1000, /500, /.300, /.200, /.100, /.50, and /I25, for silver only. The weight for gold and silver is the Dutch mark troy, divided into 9 reals, each weighing 422 grs. English. The commercial weights in common use are based on the Chinese weights, thus: --IGTaels ") (1 Catty; 11 lbs. Dntch troy. 100 Catties I. J 1 Picul; =125 Ibt. ditto, or 136 lbs. avoir. 3 Picul. f maxe 1 1 8mall Bahar;---= 408 4J Piculs J I 1 large Bahar;---= 612 In foreign trade, however, the Dutch troy pound of 2 marks is generally used. The proportions of Dutch and English weights are, 1 Dntch troy pound--= 7576 grs. troy Eng. 1 Dutch commercial pound = 7625 The measures for rice and grain are the picul and coyan, and for smaller quantities, the timbang and gantang. The coyan weighs at Batavia, 27 piculs, or 3375 lbs. troy Dutch. Samarnng, 28 or 3500 lbs. Soerabaya, 80 or 3750 lbs. The timbang contains 5 piculs or 10 sacks; 5 gantangs make 1 measure, and 46 measures are equal to a last. These measures are principally in use among the natives. The most general...