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. United States equivalents. 0.02471 acre. 25 pounds. 3.888 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 1.0161 pounds. 1.0567 quarts. 0.507 pound. 100 pounds. adra.) 34.1208 inches. 33.874 inches. 33.367 inches. 33.384 inches. 33 inches. 34 inches. 33.384 inches. (See Cu METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. METRIC WEIGHTS. Milligram (1/1000 gram) equals 0.0154 grain. Decagram (10 grams) equals 0.3527 ounce. 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. Decaliter (10 liters) equals 9.08 quarts. METRIC LIQUID MEASURE. Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.27 fluid dram. Liter equals 1.0567 quarts. Decaliter (10 liters) equals 2.6417 gallons. METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH. Millimeter (1/1000 meter) equals 0.0394 inch. 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). METRIC SURFACE MEASURE. Centare (1 square meter) equals 1,550 square inches. 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.) 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 Money, Weights, and Measures of the American Republics, 1891. 12 pages, 8°. El café. Su historia, cultivo, beneficio, variedades, producción, exportación, 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 1903. 28 1.00 .75 .25 1.00 |