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FRENCH MEASURES.
Destruction of Art. 3 of the decree of March, 1822, says that when it isimpossible to disinfect, preserve, or transport without dan-ger, any animals or objects capable of transmitting infec-tion, the former shall be killed and buried, and all othermatter burned and destroyed, without having to refundtheir value to the owner. In these cases the owner is enti-tled to make what statements or give what arguments hemay judge proper against the execution of the law.quarantine 0 ” ° f Any vessel or person that may attempt in violation ofthe law to enter into free pratique, after being once warned,shall be forcibly ejected without prejudice to prosecution.
MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND COINS.
Length. The unit of length in France is the metre, which was in-
tended to represent the ten-millionth part of the distancefrom the equator to the pole, measured over the surface ofthe' earth. It slightly varies from this, however, and cantherefore be regarded only as a unit of length representedby a bar of platinum in Paris , measured at the temperatureof melting ice, (0° centigrade, or 32° Fahrenheit.)
10,000 metres make 1 myriametre= 6.214 miles.
1,000 metres make 1 kilometre = 0.6214 mile.
100 metres make 1 hectometre = 328.09 feet.
10 metres make 1 decametre = 32.809 feet.
The metre=39.37079 inches.
1 metre equals 10 decimetres; decimetre =3.937079 inches.
1 metre equals 100 centimetres; centimetre =0.3937 Inch.
1 metre equals 1,000 millimetres ; millimetre=0.03937 inch.
Surface. Squares of the metre and its derivatives are used to
measure surfaces. Also the are , equal to a square of tenmetres on a side.
100 ares, or 10,000 square metres, make 1 hectare=2.4714 acres.
The are, or 100 square metres=l,076.43 square feet.
The of an are, 1 square metre, is the oentare=1,550.06 square inches
Capacity. The litre is the unit for both wet and dry measure, andequals one cubic decimetre.
10,000 litres make 1 myrialitre = 2641.8 United States gallons.
1,000 litres make 1 kilolitre = 264.18 United States gallons.
100 litres make 1 hectolitre = 26.418 United States gallons.