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CONSULATES OF THE LATIN-AMERICAN REPUBLICS-Continued.

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

The following table gives the chief weights and measures in commercial use in Mexico and the Republics of Central and South America, and their equivalents in the United States.

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United States equivalents.

0.02471 acre.

25 pounds.
25.3171 pounds.
32.38 pounds.
25.3664 pounds.
25.4024 pounds.
4.263 gallons.
20.0787 gallons.
300 pounds.
4.2631 gallons.
4.2 acres.
78.9 yards.
8.077 square feet.
2 acres (nearly).
35.3 cubic feet.
1.5745 bushels.
2.575 bushels.
1.599 bushels.
1.54728 bushels.
7.776 bushels.

3.888 bushels.
1.599 bushels.
2.5096 quarts.
2.5 quarts.
15.432 grains.
2.471 acres.
2.838 bushels.

26.417 gallons. 2.2046 pounds. 0.621376 mile. 4.633 acres. 1.0127 pounds. 1.043 pounds. 1.014 pounds.

1.0161 pounds.

1.01465 pounds.

1.0143 pounds.

1.0143 pounds.

Quintal (metric)

Argentine Republic..

.do..

Brazil

Chile, Mexico, and Peru..

Paraguay

Metric.

Uruguay

Argentine Republic..

Central America.

Chile and Peru

Suerte....

Vara

Do

Do.

Do

Cuba

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1.0161 pounds.

1.0567 quarts.
1.0791 pounds.
1.5-6 acres.

0.507 pound.
39.37 inches.
0.9478 foot.
101.42 pounds.
130.06 pounds.
101.61 pounds.

100 pounds.
220.46 pounds.
2,700 cuadras.

adra.)

34.1208 inches.

33.874 inches.

33.367 inches.

33.384 inches.

33 inches.

34 inches.

33.384 inches.

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METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

METRIC WEIGHTS.

Milligram (1/1000 gram) equals 0.0154 grain.
Centigram (1/100 gram) equals 0.1543 grain.
Decigram (1/10 gram) equals 1.5432 grains.
Gram equals 15.432 grains.

Decagram (10 grams) equals 0.3527 ounce.
Hectogram (100 grams) equals 3.5274 ounces.
Kilogram (1,000 grams) equals 2.2046 pounds.
Myriagram (10,000 grams) equals 22.046 pounds.
Quintal (100,000 grams) equals 220.46 pounds.

Millier or tonneau-ton (1,000,000 grams) equals 2,204.6 pounds.

METRIC DRY MEASURE.

Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.061 cubic inch.
Centiliter (1/100 liter) equals 0.6102 cubic inch.
Deciliter (1/10 liter) equals 6.1022 cubic inches.
Liter equals 0.908 quart.

Decaliter (10 liters) equals 9.08 quarts.
Hectoliter (100 liters) equals 2.838 bushels.
Kiloliter (1,000 liters) equals 1.308 cubic yards.

METRIC LIQUID MEASURE.

Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.27 fluid dram.
Centiliter (1/100 liter) equals 0.338 fluid ounce.
Deciliter (1/10 liter) equals 0.845 gill.

Liter equals 1.0567 quarts.

Decaliter (10 liters) equals 2.6417 gallons.
Hectoliter (100 liters) equals 26.417 gallons.
Kiloliter (1,000 liters) equals 264.17 gallons.

METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH.

Millimeter (1/1000 meter) equals 0.0394 inch.
Centimeter (1/100 meter) equals 0.3937 inch.
Decimeter (1/10 meter) equals 3.937 inches.
Meter equals 39.37 inches.

Decameter (10 meters) equals 393.7 inches.

Hectometer (100 meters) equals 328 feet 1 inch.

Kilometer (1,000 meters) equals 0.62137 mile (3,280 feet 10 inches).
Myriameter (10,000 meters) equals 6.2137 miles.

METRIC SURFACE MEASURE.

Centare (1 square meter) equals 1,550 square inches.
Are (100 square meters) equals 119.6 square yards.
Hectare (10,000 square meters) equals 2.471 acres.

The metric system has been adopted by the following-named American countries: Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, United States of America, and Venezuela.

PRICE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

Annual Reports of the Director of the Bureau, 1891-1903. (Sent upon request.)
Bulletin of the Bureau, published monthly since October, 1893, in English,
Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Average 225 pages, 4 volumes a year.
Yearly subscription (in countries of the International Union of American
Republics)..

PRICE.

Yearly subscription (other countries).

$2.00 2.50

Single copies.....

.25

Orders for the Bulletin should be addressed to the Chief Clerk of the Bureau.

Code of Commercial Nomenclature, 1897.

(Spanish, English, and Portuguese.)

645 pages, 4o, cloth................

2.50

2.50

Code of Commercial Nomenclature, 1897. (Portuguese, Spanish nd English.) 640 pages, 4°.

NOTE.-Designates in alphabetical order, in equivalent terms in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, the commodities of American nations on which import duties are levied.

SPECIAL COMMERCIAL BULLETINS.

Worthington's Commercial Report, 1899. (Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.) 178 pages, 8°.

(A reprint of reports 1 to 6 received from a special commissioner appointed by
the British Board of Trade to report upon trade in certain South American
countries.)

Money, Weights, and Measures of the American Republics, 1891. 12 pages, 8°.
Report on Coffee, with special reference to the Costa Rican product, etc.
Washington, 1901. 15 pages, 8°.

El café. Su historia, cultivo, beneficio, variedades, producción, exportación,
importación, consumo, etc. Datos extensos presentados al Congreso relativo
al café que se reunirá en Nueva York el 1o de octubre de 1902. 167, iii pages,
8°. Bibliography, page 164..

Coffee.

Extensive information and statistics. (English edition of the above.) 108 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 100.....

.35

.05

.10

.50

.50

Leyes y reglamentos sobre privilegios de invención y marcas de fábrica en los países hispano-americanos, el Brasil y la República de Haití. Revisado hasta agosto de 1904. Washington, 1904. 415 pages, 8°.

1.00

Patent and trade-mark laws of the Spanish American Republics, Brazil, and the Republic of Haiti.......

1.00

HANDBOOKS (GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND STATISTICS).

Argentine Republic. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic
conditions, actual development, and prospects of future growth.
illustrations, 3 maps, 366 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 334.........
Brazil. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions
and prospects of future development. 1901. 233 pages, 8°
Guatemala. 1897. (2d edition revised.) Illustrations, 119 pages, 8°
Honduras. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic condi-
tions, actual development, prospects of future growth. Washington, 1904.
Illustrations, economic and telegraphic maps, 252 pages, 8°

1903. 28

1.00

.75

.25

1.00

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