The corn measures are—
| 1½ | Ratl to 2 Ratl | = 1 Kibabah. |
| 4 | Kibabah | = 1 Kayla. |
| 8 | Kaylah to 16 Kaylah | = 1 Farrah (فره). |
| 60 | Kaylah | = 1 Jizleh. |
| 112 | Kaylah to 120 Kaylah | = 1 Khandí. |
The Kaylah, which is the standard, varies from 5 lbs. to 8 lbs., according to the grain or pulse measured. In parts of the Benadir it is a little more than half that of Zanzibar, and expresses only 2.50 Kibabahs. The Farrah also is of many different capacities; it is generally a jar whose capacity is determined by its contents in Kaylahs.
The currency at present is—
| 8 | Pice | = 1 Anna (in India 4 pice) here a nominal coin = 3⅛d. |
| 2 | Annas | = 1 Tumni (6¾d.). |
| 26 | Pice | = 1 Pistoline, or small Robo. |
| 32 | Pice | = 1 Robo (Ruba’ kirsh, quarter dollar = 1s. 1½d.). |
| 16 | Annas (4 Robos, or 128 Pice) | = 1 Riyal or German crown = 4s. 2d. (here equal to the Spanish dollar). |
| 9½ | dollars | = 1 Half-doubloon. |
| 18 or 19 dollars | = 1 Doubloon. | |
German crowns or Maria Theresa (the standard coin) now becoming rare, the following coins have been declared legal tenders at the rates here specified.
| The gold ounce = Maria Theresa | $15.00 |
| English sovereign | 4.75 |
| Gold Napoleon (20 francs) | 3.75 |
| ” (10 francs) | 1.7⁄8ths |
| ” (5 francs) | 0.15⁄16ths |
| Silver 5-franc piece | 0.94 pice |
| Indian rupee | 0.47 |
Formerly the Austrian Maria Theresa, coined at Milan, known as Girsh Aswad (black dollar), was the only legal tender. Its weight should be grammes 28.098. The Spanish or Pillar dollar, called Girsh Abyaz (white dollar), Abu Madfa’ (the ‘Father of Cannon’ from the columns), Girsh Moghrebi (the western dollar), and Abu Takeh (Father of Window, whence the common trade term ‘Patac’), generally equalled it in value. At times, however, there was an agio of 2 per cent. in favour of the Austrian. The Mexican dollar suffered discount of 5 to 10 per cent. in favour of the Maria Theresa. The Bolivian was unknown. The Company’s rupee was current, but valued at 220 to 223 per 100 Austrians. After abundant dunning on the part of the French, who with scant conscience or delicacy insisted upon their silver being taken, the late Sayyid ordered 110 five-franc pieces to be the equivalent of 100 Maria Theresas: the bazar, however, demanded 112.
It is curious that while the Half-doubloon never varies, the Doubloon is worth sometimes $18, sometimes $19.
Cloth is sold by the following measures: