Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 48
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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Sarti, 1919) NOTES ON CURRENCY AND COINAGE AMONG THE BURMESE
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1616. I sent to borrow 4 or 5 Fantas of oyle of Yasemon Dodo... But he retorned answer that he had non, when I know to the contrary, he bought a parcell out of my handes the other day. Cooks, vol. I, p. 6 (quoted in Yule, Hobson-Jobson, 8.0. Ganton).
1689. They fetch Rice (in Java), which there they buy for one Sata de Caxa (string of 100 cash] the Gantan "..." They fetch Salt at a 150,000 Caxaes (Cash] the 800 Gantang; and at Bantam, three Gantans are worth a thousand Caxdeb. Mendelslo, Travels into the Indies, E.T., p. 117.
1699. That the Shabundar shall deliver' to the Cheif of the Factory a Ganton &ca. Tyall weight, which shall be marked with the Kings marke, and with the Compas. marke and be the standard measure and weight that all People whatsoever shall be obliged to use in Trade with the English, and that for great Weights the China Pecule (Malay pikül, showing how the word was pronounced ) shall be used. General Letter to Borneo. Letter Book, vol. X, p. 63.
1704. Price Courant, Canton, with the Emperour's Customs, December, 1704 .... Tin in Pigs and Gants. Lockyer, Trade in India, p. 150.
1711. Tin from Pegu, Jahore, &c. in Gants, or small pieces of two or three pounds, bears the best price. Lockyer, Trade in India, p. 130.
1789. Gantam being a certain wooden Measure that contains about 4 lb. 5 Ou. Avoirdupois. A. Hamilton, East Indies, vol. II, Appx. p. 9.
1775. At Malacca, a Ganton is 6 lb. Amsterdam ; & Least is 500 Gantons : 10 Gantons are 1 Measure; 50 Measures are & Least of 30080 lbs.; 800 Gantons are a Quoyane or 1 3/5 Laast. Stevens, Guide to E.I. Trade, p. 87.
1775. 1 Last of Rice is 3,066 2/3 lbs., or 46 Measures; 1 Measure is 8 Gantons : 230 Gantons is 1 Last.81 Stevens, Guide to E.I. Trade, p. 88.
1775. 25 Gantas of Sooloo are 1 Pecul of Rice of 100 Catties. Stevens, Guide, p. 125.
1811. Ganta, from the Malay gantang, a measure of rice, salt, and other dry goods, equal to kulak. Marsden, Malay Dictionary, 8.v.
1814. [In the Sulu Archipelago ] half & Cocoanut shell is one panchang; 8 panchange 1 gantong equal to 4 catties; 10 gantonge 1 raga; 21 ragas 1 picul of 1331 avoirdupois. 1 cabban (Manilla measure for paddi) 1 picul, Hunt, in Moor's Indian Archipelago, Appx., p. 45.
1820. For dry and liquid measures they may naturally have recourse to the shell of cocoaput and the joint of the bamboo which are constantly at hand. The first called by the Malays chupa is estimated at two and half pounds avoirdupois. The second is called by some tribes Kutch and is equal to a gallon, but the most common bamboo measure is the gantung, which is twice this amount. Craufurd, Indian Archipelago, vol. I, p. 271.
1828. Their dry measure [ at Manila ] is as follows 8 chupas 1 gantan; 26 Gantas, 1 Caban. I could not procure a sight of the standard. A mean measurement of several Dew Gantas and Cabans (for they are all clumsily made, though sold at a Government office) gave as follow The Caban 4,633 cub. in. Eng.; the Ganta 186,878 ditto. Remarks on the Philippines in Moor's Indian Archipelago, p. 82.
1880. The weights and measures are nearly the same [in Bali) as those in Jaya: the picul containing 100 catties; the coyang 30 plouls; the gantang, however, is large, containing about 19 catties. Singapore Chronicle, June, 1830, in Moor's Indian Archipelago, p. 94.
BD Misprint for 3,000 lbs. 81 This makos the panion, as a rice memure, over 17 lbs. ; No aleo in the text mer on.
