Loxa
The loxa was a piece unit in Sumatra .
Measure
The measure was intended for the trade in betel nuts and only made sense in connection with the weight measure Pera . The Pera was only used in the salt measure variant. Weighing with Pera and then counting the goods or estimating the amount in Loxas.
- 1 loxa = 10,000 nuts, equivalent to 76 1/5 kilograms
literature
- Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 72
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1204