1 Square _Shaku_ about 1 square foot. 1 _Tsubo_ (36 Square _Shaku_) 3.9538 square yards. 1 _Se_ (30 _Tsubo_) about 119 square yards. 1 _Tan_ (10 _Se_) 0.2451 acre. 1 _Chō_ (10 _Tan_) 2.4507 acres. 1 Square _Ki_ 5.9552 square miles. MONEY 1 _yen_ $0.4935 1 _sen_ one-half cent. _Money, Weight, and Measure of Various Countries in Terms of those of Japanese_ MONEY English pound (20 shillings) 9.763 _yen_. Shilling (12 pennies) 0.4881 „ Penny (4 farthings) 0.0407 „ Hong Kong dollar 0.949 „ American dollar (100 cents) 2.006 „ Cent 0.02 „ German mark 0.478 „ French franc 0.387 „ Chinese tael 1.298 „ Manila dollar 0.985 „ Mexican dollar 0.965 „ ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LENGTH Mile (1,760 yards) 14 _chō_ and 49 _ken_. Yard (3 feet) 3 _shaku_. Foot (12 inches) 1 _shaku_. Inch 8 _bu_ and 4 _rin_. GERMAN, FRENCH, AUSTRIAN, AND ITALIAN LENGTH Metre 3 _shaku_ and 3 _sun_. Centimetre (1-100 metre) 3 _bu_ and 3 _rin_. Millimetre (1-1000 metre) 3 _rin_ and 3 _mō_. ENGLISH CAPACITY Gallon (liquid) 2 _shō_, 5 _gō_, and 2 _shaku_. Bushel (wheat) 2 _to_ and 1 _gō_. AMERICAN CAPACITY Gallon (liquid) 2_shō_ and 1 _gō_. Bushel (wheat) 1 _to_, 9 _shō_, and 5 _gō_. _Weight_ ENGLISH AND AMERICAN (HEAVYWEIGHTS) Ton (20 hundredweight, or 2,240 pounds) about 270 _kwan_ and 946 _momme_. Short ton (2,000 pounds) 241 _kwan_ and 916 _momme_. Hundredweight (112 pounds) 13 _kwan_ and 547 _momme_. Pound (16 ounces) 121 _momme_. Ounce about 8 _momme_. LIGHT WEIGHT Pound 99 _momme_ and 5 _bu_. Ounce 8 _momme_ and 3 _bu_. Grain 1 _rin_ and 7 _mō_. _Area_ AMERICAN AND ENGLISH Acre 4 _tan_ and 24 _ho_. ARABLE LAND IN JAPAN[199] The “Nichi Nichi Shimbun” argues that the real question for the Japanese to consider is development of agriculture, not a paltry lightening of the fiscal burden now imposed on agriculturists. When the area of cultivated land in the various countries of the world is compared with the total areas of those countries, startling figures result. _Ratio of Area of Cultivated Land to Total Area of Country_