Caban (unit)

The Caban , also Cavan , was a measure of volume and weight for rice , coffee , cocoa and grain . The measure applied in the Spanish possessions in the East Indies ( Philippines ).

• 1 Caban = 25 Gantans = 200 Chupas = 800 Apatomes = 4954 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 98.28 liters

The measure was also used commercially as a measure of weight. Rice was sold after the picul (around 60 kilograms per unit). The Castilian pound was the Libra to 2 Marco with 9591.9 As (Dutch = 0.048 grams) = 460 7/8 grams

• Rice 1 caban = 126 to 128 pounds (Castilian.)
• Wheat 1 caban = 150 pounds (Castilian.)
• Coffee 1 caban = 52 pounds (Castilian.)
• Cocoa 1 Caban = 83 pounds (Castilian.)

See also

• Kaban

literature

• Friedrich Noback: General Börsen- u. Account book. Adolf Gumprecht, Leipzig 1862, p. 160.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 156.