Madeira and the Canary Islands : a practical and complete guide for the use of invalids and tourists / A. Samler Brown.

  • Brown, A. Samler.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Madeira and the Canary Islands : a practical and complete guide for the use of invalids and tourists / A. Samler Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 1 one alqueire = 0.1938 of an acre, or 0.04789 of a hectare ; one arrotel or libra = 1.0011 pounds avoirdupois; one arroba = 32.035 pounds; one almude = 3.88784 Imperial gallons ; one barril = 7$ gallons ; one pipe of wine = 92 Imperial gallons, or 41S litres; one alqueire = 1.55 pecks; one moio = 23J bushels. Spanish. Twelve pulgadas — 11.128 inches; one vara = 33.141 inches, or 83^ centimetres; one hundred Spanish libras (a quintal) — 101.48 English pounds ; one fanega (of wheat) = 10-^-noIhs. ; (of lime) = about 8o1ds ; (of maize) = about 130IDS &c. ; an arroba = 25 libras; 132920 varas = one degree ; one degree = 20 leguas. Onefanegada in Teneriffe ... = 52 ares • 4829 = 1-2969 acres Grand Canary = 55 ,, -365 =1-36 ,, LaPalma ... = 52 „ -5763 = 1-292 „ ,, Lanzarote &) c o Fuerteventurah^6 » -9591=3-3844 „ The measure known as the alqueire and the fanegada mean, or once meant, a space of land on which an alqueire or a fanega of wheat might be sown broadcast, and are in themselves a species of valuation of the capability of the soil. The French metric system used in all the islands is here compared with the English as regards a few of the units : One metre = 39.371 inches. 8 kilometres, roughly speak- ing, equal 5 miles. One litre = 1.76 pints. One gramme = 15.4323 grains Troy. One hectare = 2.471 acres. One are = 119.6033 sq. yards or yi^ of a hectare. One kilo- gramme = 2.20462 lbs. Avoirdupois ; 70 kilos = (approxi- mately) 154 lbs. or 11 stone. Thermometrical Degrees. To reduce Fahrenheit to Reaumur, deduct 320, multiply the remainder by 4, and divide by 9, Fahrenheit to Centi- grade, deduct 32°, multiply by 5, and divide by 9. Post and Telegraph. Madeira, Teneriffe, Grand Canary, Lanzarote, and La Palma are all connected by telegraph with Europe, and are also part of the postal union (£ oz. 2-Jd., Post Cards id.). The postal service is not well conducted. Madeira—Inland Postage (15 grammes) 25 reis. Post Cards, 10 reis. Newspapers, each 50 grammes, 2\ reis. The same rates apply to Portugal, the Azores, Spain and the