Zollcentner, of 100 zollpfund, 110.23106 lbs. avoirdu. pois, 50 kilogrammes. Zollstein, of 2) zollpfund, -22 04621 lbs. avoirdupois, -10 kilogrammes. Münzpfund, of 10000 ass,-7716.1744 U. S. grains, 500 grammes. NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION. (Established since the war with Austria, in 1866.) (New System.) By a decree of the 17th of August, 1868, the metrical (French) system of weights and measures has been adopted, commencing with the 1st of January, 1870, and will be compulsory from the 1st of January, 1872. The base of the new system is the meter or stab; the same as the French mètre. The unit of length is also the meter or stab. 0.01 meter, 0 001 meter, 1 zentimeter or neu-zoll. 1 millimeter or strich. 100 centigrammes,or Kailon, 1000 milligrammes. 2.204621 lbs. avdp. (of 7000 grains), or 2.679227 lbs troy (of 5760 grains),or 0.0787365 avdp.quarter (of 28 lbs.),or 0.0196841 hundred wt (of 112lbs.),or 0.0110231 centals (of 100 lbs.),. Metric quintal, 7.873647 avdp. qrs. (of 28 lbs.),or) 1.968412 cwt.(of 112 lbs), or 2.204621 centals (of 100 lbs), Millier, or metric tonne, 19 684118 hundred wt. (of 112 lbs.), or` 0.9842059 long ton (of 2240 lbs.), or 110231062 short ton (of 2000 lbs.) 22.046212 centals (of 100 lbs), GERMANY. 10 hecto grammes. 100 dekagram GREECE. French system since 1830. Former. 2.20462 lbs. avdp., 3 30693 lbs. avdp., 330.697 lbs. avdp., 1.09363 yard, 1.0587 quart, 2.83782 bushels, GUIANA. Metric. 1.00 kilogr. 1.5 kilogr. 1500 kilogr. 10 meter. 1.0 hectoliter. BRITISH GUIANA. See LONDON. FRENCH GUIANA. DUTCH GUIANA. See NETHERLANDS. Zollverein (Customs' Union), an important Commercial Union originating in 1823; embracing in 1833 all the German States, except Austria, Leichtenstein, Holstein, the two Duchies of Mecklenburg, and the three free cities of Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen; dissolved with the close of the year 1865, and held together only by temporary agreements until Nov. 1, 1867, when a new Commercial Treaty was concluded between the North German Confederation and the South German States. The unit of weight is the zollpfund (customs' pound) of 500 grammes Zollpfund, of 30 zoll-loth,- 7716.1744 U. S. grains, kilogramme. Fuss, HAMBURG. 51.0683 lb avdp., 12.81 lb. troy, 0.628554lb.troy, 0.94 21 foot, 0.62881 yard, 0.75815 yard 1.5597 bushel, -481.60945 grammes 233 85489 grammes 0.28857 meter. 0 60141 meter. ankers),-38.2782 gallons, 144.8908 liters. HANOVER. (Like PRUSSIA.) HAVANA. (ISLAND OF CUBA.) Castilian weight (See SPAIN.) *Weights of Smyrna.-The following standard, reported by the U. S. Consul at Smyrna, was adopted by the Treasury Department June 7, 1876. (S. S., 2846.) "In reply I have to state that the most accurate information I have been able to obtain upon the subject has been derived from a table of equivalents in standard weights, prepared several years ago by Edward Purser, chief engineer and director of the Smyrna and Aidin Railway, and which has been adopted by both of the Ottoman railways and by the leading merchants of Smyrna. "The standard oke of Turkey, by this table, is equal to two pounds and eight hundred and thirty-one thousandths avoirdupois (23), consequently the Smyrna kintal of forty-five okes (45), of three hundred and eighty drachms (380), is equal to one hundred and twenty-one and twenty-five thousandths pounds avoirdupois (121788). "It is proper that I should mention that the legal kintal of Constantinople is forty-four okes (44) of four hundred drachms, equal to one hundred and twenty-four and five hundred and sixty-four thousandths pounds avoirdupois (1245), as given by Mr. Purser in the table of equivalents above referred to. The Constanti nople kintal, however, has not been adopted at Smyrna in wholesale transactions." |