[64] The following are the common land measures in use at Manila:
La Brasa de tierra is 8 feet 1.6–10 English, (from a new government measure); 10,000 of these, or a square of 100 each way, is a Quinion.
| 10 Balitans | is a Quinion |
| 10 Loanes | is a Balitan |
Hence the Quinion contains 661511 16–144ths sq. ft. or 73501 2–9ths sq. yds.,[65] which, taking the Bengal bigha at 14400 sq. ft., gives about 46 bigahs, or 15 acres English.
Their dry measure is as follows:
8 Chupas, 1 Ganta.—25 Gantas, 1 Caban.
I could not procure a sight of the standard. A mean measurement of several new Gantas and Cabans (for they are all clumsily made, though sold at a government office) gave as follows:
The Caban, 4633 cubic inches English.
The Ganta, 186,878 ditto.
The mean of these two (for the first would give 185.72 to the Ganta) is thus about 186 cub. inches to a Ganta, and 4650 to the Caban, or 2 bushels and 1–6th Winchester measure.[66] [↑]