JAPANESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Long Measure.--Kai-Ri equals 1.507 miles, 1 mile (1,460 yards) equals 14 cho and 49 ken, 1 yard equals 3 shaku, 1 foot equals 1 shaku and 1 inch equals 8 bu and 4 rin. Capacity.-Gallon (liquid) equals 2 sho, 5 go and 2 shaku; bushel equals 1 to 9 sho and 5 go. Weight. One mo equals 0.000008 pound (avoirdupois), 1 rin (10 mo) equals 0.000083 pound (avoirdupois), 1 fun (10 rin) equals 5.7972 grains (avoirdupois), 1 momme (10 fun), equals 2.12 drams (avoirdupois), 1 kin (160 momme) equals 1.3251 pounds (avoirdupois), 1 kwan equals 8.2817 pounds (avoirdupois), 1 ton (or 2,240 pounds), about 270 kwan, 946 momme; short ton (2,000 pounds), about 240 kwan, 916 momme; 1 hundredweight (112 pounds), about 13 kwan, 547 momme; pound (16 ounces), about 121 momme. NAUTICAL MILES CONVERTED INTO STATUTE MILES. Nautic' Statute. || Nautic'l] Statute. Nautic'l Statute. || Nautic'l Statute. Gold: 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 balboas. Silver peso: 50, 20 and 10 centavos. Gold: 25 pesetas. Silver: 5 pesetas. Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Gold: 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 plastres. The coins of silver standard countries are, valued by their pure silver contents, at the average market price of silver for the three months preceding July 1, 1910. †Under former system-Gold, 4 florins ($1.929), 8 florins ($3.858), ducat ($2.287), 4 ducats ($9.139). Silver: 1 and 2 florins. The sovereign is the standard coin of India, but the rupee ($0.3244%) is the money of account, current at 15 to the sovereign. Amoy, .641; Canton, .640; Chefoo. .613; Chin Klang, .627; Fuchau, .593; Haikwan (customs), .653; Hankow, 600; Klaocrow, .632; Nanking, 635; Niuchwang, .601; Ningpo, 617; Peking, .625; Shanghai, .586; Swatow, .592; Takau, .645; Tien-Tsin, .622 Dollar; Hongkong, .422; British, .422; Mexican, .425. ††Seventy-five centigrams fine gold. †††Value in Mexico, $0.498. INTERNATIONAL VALUE OF COINS. Showing equivalents of one nation's coins with the coins of other nations. Austria.-Crown=100 Hellers 40 Egyptian sequins 1,06 French francs-85 German pfennigs 10 English pence=1.06 Italian liras-187 Portuguese reis-26 1-3 Russian kopeks-1.06 Spanish pesetas 4.28 Turkish picsters 20.3 United States cents. Egypt.-Sequin-100 piasters 25 Austrian hellers-26 French centimes-21 German pfennigs-24 pence-26 Italian lira 46 Portuguese reis-6 Russian kopeks26 Spanish centimos-1.06 Turkish piasters 5 United States cents. France. Franc-100 centimes 94 Austrian hellers 38 Egyptian plasters=80 German pfennigs=9% English pence-1 Italian lira 176 Portuguese reis-25 Russian kopeks 1 Spanish peseta 4.18 Turkish piasters-19.3 United States cents. Germany.-Mark-100 pfennigs-1.18 Austrian crowns 47 Egyptian piasters= 1.25 French francs-1 English shilling-1.25 Italian lira=220 Portuguese reis-31 Russian kopeks-1.25 Spanish p-setas-5.22 Turkish plasters 23.8 United States cents. Great Britain.-Pound sterling 20 shillings-12 pence-24 Austrian crowns=9.70 French francs 3.24 German marks 3 shillings 2 pence English 4 Italian lira= 4.493 Portuguese milreis-6.30 Russian rubles-25% Spanish pesetas-113% Turkish plasters 4.86% United States dollars. Italy. Lire 100 centesimi, is of the same value as the French franc. Portugal-Milreis=1,000 reis 5.34 Austrlan crowns 2.16 Egyptian sequins5.67% French francs 4.54 German marks 4 shillings 5% pence English 5.761⁄2 Italian lira-1.40 Russian rubles-5.67% Spanish pesetas-25.9 Turkish piasters$1 08 United States. Russia Ruble-100 kopeks-3.81 Austrian crowns-1.54 Egyptian sequins-4 French francs-3.24 German marks-3 shillings 2 pence English Italian llras 7131⁄2 Portuguese reis-4 Spanish pesetas 18 Turkish piasters 51% United States cents. Spain. Peseta==100 centimos-94 Austrian hellers 38 Egyptian plasters-1 French franc-80 German pfennigs -9% English pence-1 Italian lira-176 Portuguese reis 25 Russian kopeks=4.18 Turkish plasters-19.3 United States cents. Turkey. Piaster 40 para-5 Austrian crowns-9 Egyptian plasters-22% French centimes 18 German pfennigs=2% English pence-22% Italian centesimi-39 13-20 Portuguese reis-51⁄2 Russian kopeks=122 Spanish centimos 4.4 United States cents. Note: Foreign money is subject to fluctuations of the exchange. JAPANESE CURRENCY. The coins now chiefly used in Japan | are also paper bills of 1 yen and upward. are copper, nickel, silver and gold, but in One yen is $0.4935 and 1 sen equals 2 the country districts it is still possible to find brass coins of less than mill value. The copper pieces are 2 sen, 1 sen and 2 sen. The 5-sen piece is the only nickel coin. The silver pleces are 5 sen, 10 sen, 20 sen, 50 sen and 1 yen, and the gold coins are 5 yen, 10 yen and 20 yen. There cent. An American dollar equals 2.006 yen and an American cent equals 0.02 yen. In 1897 the Japanese adopted the gold standard, so that change fluctuations with the Occident are slight, and the Japanese currency has fixed value at the rate of about 50 cents for the yen. MONTHLY WAGES COMPUTED ON Days. $10! $11 A DAY BASIS FOR FRACTIONS OF $12 $18 $19 $20 $25 One dollar, from one year to fifteen years, with compound interest added semiannually, at different rates. Compound interest. 15 yrs. 75 days 11 yrs. 327 days 10 yrs. 89 days 9 yrs. 2 days 8 yrs. 16 days 7 yrs. 100 days ANNUALLY, AT 11 yrs. 40 days. THE SUM OF MONEY THAT MUST BE INVESTED, COMPOUND INTEREST, TO AMOUNT TO $1,000 IN A DEFINITE DOUBLES Rate. 5. 6. 7. 8 Explanation. How much must be invested every year, at 4% per cent compound interest, so that the proceeds will amount to $1,000 in twenty-five years? Look under the heading "42 per cent," at the right of twenty-five years, and you find $21 47, the answer, etc., etc. 25 65 22 80 20 23 1,000 00 17 20 14 78 12 67 1,000 00 11 93 9 89 8 17 1.000 00 8 47 9.76 5 37 1,000 00 |