Burma . ixty-fourth). I pint 0-567 I byl (sixteenth) 2 quarts I zaySt (eighth) . I gallon . • • 4543 I seit (quarter) 2 gallons I gtvl (halO .... 4 ,> I di)l (basket) . . • 8 „ ? 36 346 APPENDICES 215 The din is the unit by which grain is sold. It used to vary locally, but is nowstandardised to the British imperial bushel. Liquids are sold by weight, not by bushel of rice in the husk weighs 46 lbs.„ ,, cleaned ,, 60 „ Weight. Grains. Grammes. 2 kinyue (seed of Abriis precatorius] = I yiiidyi . 399 -53 HyuMyi . . = 1 fihiyt (sixteenth) 15-98 1-06 ipidyt = I miidyi (eighth) . 31-96
Burma . ixty-fourth). I pint 0-567 I byl (sixteenth) 2 quarts I zaySt (eighth) . I gallon . • • 4543 I seit (quarter) 2 gallons I gtvl (halO .... 4 ,> I di)l (basket) . . • 8 „ ? 36 346 APPENDICES 215 The din is the unit by which grain is sold. It used to vary locally, but is nowstandardised to the British imperial bushel. Liquids are sold by weight, not by bushel of rice in the husk weighs 46 lbs.„ ,, cleaned ,, 60 „ Weight. Grains. Grammes. 2 kinyue (seed of Abriis precatorius] = I yiiidyi . 399 -53 HyuMyi . . = 1 fihiyt (sixteenth) 15-98 1-06 ipidyt = I miidyi (eighth) . 31-96 2-12 2 miidyt (2j mugale) = I 7nat (quarter) 63-91 4-24 4 mat, or 8 mildyi, or 10 mugale . = I kyat (tikal) 255-64 16-96 lbs. Kilo. 100 kya( . ... = I beilha (viss) 3-652 1-696 10 6atia . ... = 1 kwet {kwettase) 36-52 20 „ . .... = 2 kwet (kwennase) 100 ,, . = achein tayd 3-65-2 (copper)(silver) 3 pie* {pahig) .12 pie. 2 annas . 4 annas or 2 mu8 annas or 2 mat 16 annas or 4 mat. 456. HINTHA-SHAPEDWEIGHT OF BRASS. Money. = I pice (taliyd). = I anna (bl, sixteenth). = I mu (two-anna piece, eighth). = I mat (four-anna piece, quarter) = J rupee (ngdmu, 5 mugal^ . = I rupee {kyat) 180 Grains. Grammes. 22-5 4590 •43 -S Although the rupee is called kyat, it weighs only a tola and not a tikal, which latter is thekyat used in weighing goods. The tola is the Indian postal unit of weight. * Single pie do not circulate in Burma. 2l6 SPECIMENS OF BURMESE MUSIC No. I. Andante P. A. Mariano. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ m fi=?=p==i-? ? -w—P--;=y r^ :^^P--FF :i«=^: I -I n ^=l» w^^^^^^^^^-^^^ m-^^^- ^Ei: =i -^—I——I- =fEpE =td; ^zs: zprpi; lUiit 3=^s= r- s^ P Si -\ V ? r- VOICE. W- :3iz=M^z =gl ip=Lr^i i_^^=p^iiipg ?i—I—r- -| r- Harp. ^=^ ^ 3=^^- ^-^ 3=3^ :^—^—-jr ^^^i^S =^= r- r- i^=r^=rr^
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