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In Malta 19^th century, a unit of mass used for firewood, = 3 cantaros, about 525 pounds av.

Robert Montgomery Martin.
History of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, North America, Asia...
London: W. H. Allen & Co. and George Routledge, 1843.

Page 587.

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