Cambodia. Money system.
60 cash or sapecs of zinc = 1 tien.
10 tien = 1 string.
10 strings = 1 nên or bar of silver (90 francs).
The nên is an ingot of silver of parallelopiped form, which is invariably worth 100 strings of zinc cash[1]. This nên is subdivided for money of account as follows:
1 nên (375 grammes) = 10 denh.
1 denh = 10 chi.
1 chi = 10 hun.
1 hun = 10 li.
They employ a coin of silver called a prac-bat or preasat, worth 4 strings or 1/25 nên[2].
The Mexican piastre, which circulates also, is worth on the average about 6 strings of cash.
1 gold ingot = 16 nêns of silver.
The half ingot of gold is also used = 8 ingots of silver.
The unit of commercial or avoirdupois weight is the catty (called by the Cambodians the neal) or pound.
1 néal (catty) (600 grammes) = 16 tomlongs or taels (ounces).
1 tomlong (37·5 grammes) = 10 chi (of 3·75 grammes).
1 chi = 10 hun.
The preceding weights are plainly borrowed from the Chinese, whilst the following are regarded as native in origin.
1 pey = 0·292 grammes.
4 pey = 1 fuong (1·174 grammes).
2 fuong = 1 slong (2·344 grammes).
4 slong = 1 bat (9·375 grammes).
4 bat = 1 tomlong (37·5 grammes).
For heavy merchandise they employ the hap or picul.
There are three varieties of picul: (1) that of the weight of 40 strings of cash (= 100 catties), (2) that of 42 strings, (3) that of 45 strings.
