TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
(in 1946)

Area:

1 kilometre = 0.621 mile
1 square kilometre = 0.586 sq mile
1 hectare = 10,000 sq metres = 10 dunams = 2.47 acres

Egypt:

1 feddan = 4,201 sq metres = 1.058 acres

Palestine, Syria and Lebanon:

1 dunam = 4,000 sq metres = 1.038 acres

Iraq:

1 mishara = 2,500 sq metres = 0.617 acres

Weights:

1 kilogram = 2.2046 lbs
1 ton = 1,000 kg = 19.69 cwt

Egypt:

1 cantar of cotton = 44.928 kg
1 ardeb of cotton seed = 121.31 kg

Volume:

1 cubic metre = 35.3 cubic feet
1 gallon = 4.546 litres

TABLE OF CURRENCIES

The currencies of Egypt, Palestine and Iraq are linked to the Pound Sterling and have stable rates of exchange.
The currency of Syria and the Lebanon is linked to the French franc.

Egypt:

One £E = 100 Egyptian piastres = 1,000 Egyptian mils
One £E = £ 1/0/6½ d or
One pound sterling = 97.5 Egyptian piastres

Palestine:

One £P = 100 Pal. piastres = 1,000 Pal. Mils
One £P = one pound sterling.

Syria & Lebanon:

One £L = 100 Lebanese piastres

From 1920 to the end of January 1944 the exchange rate with the French franc was as follows:

One £S = One £L = 20 French francs

Since January 25 1944:

One £S = One £L = 22.65 French francs
One pound sterling = £S or £L 8.83 (1944)

Iraq:

One I.D. (Iraqi Dinar) = One Pound Sterling