The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-30 00:00:00

PRICE ID.

FOREIGN MONIES, WEIGHTS, AND

MEASURES.

FROM THE APPENDIX OF THE REPORT OF THE LORDS'

COMMITTEE ON THE PRICE OF FOREIGN GRAIN.

General Index of the Foreign Monies, Weights, and Mea-
sures, referred to in the Consular Reports, with compa-
risons and explanations.---By Dr. Kelly.

It should be observed that all the comparisons
end explanations of Foreign Measures are here corn-
, puted according to the new British Imperial Stand-
' ard, which is about 3 per cent. larger than the Win-
chester measure, or, more nearly, 31 gallons, bushels,
&c. of the new, answer to 32 of the old. Hence to
reduce Imperial measure to Winchester, add the
thirty-first part to the number of gallons, &c. and
for the reverse operation, subtract the thirty-second
part. The contrary calculation must, of courie, be
observed with regard to prices. But these several
proportions can be only stated with perfect accuracy
in a regular treatise on Metrology ;.and as this Index
is merely iti*iiaed to give general iffettrations, all
minute fractions are omitted.
Alberts Dollar,.a money used in Libau and Riga,
worth about 4s. 43d. sterling.
Alqueire, a core measure in Portugal, answering
to 3 imperial gallons.
Arroba, a Spanish weight, answering to 2511b5.
avoirdupois.
Barrel or Tunna, a corn measure in Sweden,
answering to 4j- imperial bushels. Barrel is also a
weight for flour in America, and- weighs 1961b5.
avoirdupois.
Boisseau, a corn measure in Bordeaux, containing
2i- imperial bushels._

Cent or Centime, the 100th part of a coin; it is of
various values, according to the unit.
Charge, a corn measure at Marseilles, Nice, &c.,
answering to 4 imperial bushels.
Chetwerth, a corn measure in Russia, which con-
tains 5,1 imperial bushels.
Copes, a Russian money, the 100th part of the
ruble.

Dollar, a Spanish coin, and intrinsically worth
4,1 d., but it is generally valued at 4s. 6d. The
paper dollar of exchange in Spain is worth 36d.
sterling, and a Leghorn 48d.
Ducat, a gold coin in Holland, of extensive use in
the corn trade, is worth 9s. 4d. sterling. There are
various other ducats in different countries, in gold,
silver, and paper.
Fanega, a corn measure in Spain, containing
about one bushel 41 gallons imperial measure;
there are, however, different sized Faneg,as ; thus
there are the large, the regular, and the small Fa-
nega, which are to each other as 11, 10, and 9 nearly.
Ferrado, a corn measure at Corunna, about 3f
imperial gallons.
Florin, a coin and money of account in various
countries. In Holland, it is also called the Guilder,
and is worth 21d. sterling. It is divided in Holland
into 20 stivers, 16 pfenings each; but in other coun-
tries into 60 Kreutzers. Fls. Gr. mean at Dantzic,
Florins and Groschen. The Netherland guilder is
divided into 100 cents, and is equal to the florin in
exchange.
Franc, a silver coin and money of account in
France and other places. It is generally valued at
10d. sterling, which is something above its intrinsic
value.

Grosche, a money of account in various parts of
Germany, and of different values; 24 generally
make the rix-dollar.

Grote, half a Dutch stiver, and at Hamburgh
half the sol or shilling. See Stiver.
Guilder, also called Gulden, a money of Holland.
See Florin. The gold guilder is much used in the
corn trade, and is reckoned worth 28 stivers, or
WsSod.l sterling
er Current, a money of the Netherlands, 7

trii4iieh equal 6 guilders of exchange.
Nlfalster, a corn measure in the Netherlands, an-
ivvering to 6f gallons imperial measure.
Hectolitre, the principal corn measure of France,
answering to 2i imperial bushels.
Kilo, a corn measure in Turkey, containing about
7A imperial gallons.
Kilogramme, the principal weight in France,
answering to 21b. 3oz. 4dr. avoirdupois.
Kreutzer or Creutzer, a small coin and money of
account in Germany and other northern nations. In
Austria, it is at present worth about 7d. sterling.
Last, a large measure for corn in Holland, Ger-
many, &c. varying from ten to twelve imperial quar-
ters.

Livrc, an imaginary money in France and several
other countries. It is generally considered of the
same value as the franc. In Italy it is called the
lira, and is mostly divided into 100 centimes.
Lof, a corn measure in Libau and Riga, contain-
ing about 1f bushels imperial measure.
Malter, a corn moasure in many parts of Germany;
at Frankfort it answers to four imperial bushels.
Maravedi, a small money of account in Spain,
34 of which, make the real or rial.
Metze, a corn measure in Fiume and Trieste,
answering to 1, imperial bushels nearly.
Milrea, a money of account and of exchange in
Portugal, worth about ss. 7d. sterling.
Mina, a corn measure in. Genoa, equal to about
3 bushels, 3 gallons imperial measure.
.Madde, a corn measure in Holland, answering
formerly to 31 English bushels; but in the new
system of the Netherlands the mudde is reckoned
the same as the hectolitre.

Paolo, a money of Italy, worth about five pence
Sterling.
Peseta, a Spanish silver coin; one-fifth of the
hard-dollar.
Pezza, the dollar of exchange at Leghorn ; worth
about '4s. sterling.
Quintal Metrigue, a French weight of 100 kilo-
grammes, answering to 220f1bs. avoirdupois, or
2 cwt, less 3-idbs.
Quintal, a Spanish weight of 4 arrobas, 6r 100
Castilian pounds, answering to about 101 ilbs.fivoir-
dupois. It is also a corn measure at Bordeaux, con-
taining about two imperial bushels.
Real, a Spanish money of different values. The
real Vellon is the most common, and is worth about
23d. sterling ; 20 such reals make the hard dollar.
Rix-dollar, or Thaler, a coin and money of account
in most northern nations. It is of different value,
and variously divided.
Ruble, a money of Russia, which has varied con-
siderably in value, viz. :—from 3s. 2d. down to 9d.
sterling; 10d. is its present price.
Rubbio, a corn measure in Ancona, answering to
nearly an imperial quarter.

Sacco, a corn measure of Leghorn, consisting of
about 2 imperial bushels.

Scudo, an Italian coin, worth about 4s. 4d. sterling.
Setier, a corn measure in France, answering to
about l }imperial bushel.

S/42, a corn measure at Dantzic, answering to
about imperial bushel. It varies however in
several parts of Germany.
Skilling, a division of the rix-dollar. In Sweden
it is the 48th part,'and is divided into twelve rundes-
teeken.

Soma, a corn measure in the Venetian States, an-
swering to 2 imperial bushels.

Stafi, a corn Measure of Italy, of various dimen-
sions. In Friuli and Trieste it answers to about 2;
imperial bushels.
Stiv'6., a money of Holland, worth nearly one
penny sterling. It is 1-20th of the florin or guilder,
and is divided into 16 pfennings, or 12 deniers.