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Malta
units of dry capacity

						modd
				wejba		4
			tomna		4	16
		siegħ		6	24	96
		kejla	10	60	240	960
	lumin	10	100	600	2400	9600
Sicilian influence		302 mL	3.02 L	18.10 L	72.4 L	289.6 L
British influence (after 1824)	30.3 mL	303 mL	3.03 L	18.18 L	72.74 L	290.95 L
British influence (after 1824)		0.53 imp. pt.	2/3 imp. gal.	0.5 imp. bu.	2 imp. bu	8 imp. bu.

A British publication of 1843, compiled from official Colonial Office records, uses the Italian names instead of Maltese, but provides the Italian names for smaller units. It also states: “For all grain and pulse, almonds, olives, salt, and various seeds, and charcoal. … Wheat and barley are sold by the stricked, and all others by the heaped measure.” Heaped measure was assessed at 16% more than the stricken capacity. The salma (modd) is said to be “about 7 7/8 bushels imperial”, from which estimate the liter equivalents below have been calculated.

Nelkenbrecher says the salma was 63.5 imperial gallons (7.94 imp. bushels, about 288.5 liters), which would make the salma's volume for non-stricken commodities 73 2/3 imp. gallons (334.66 liters).

						salma
					sacco	4
				tumulo	4	16
		mondello		6	24	96
	misura		10	60	240	960
half misura		2	20	120	480	1920
lumini	5	10	100	600	2400	9600
29.8 mL	149 ml	298 mL	2.98 L	17.9 L	71.6 L	286.4 L

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.

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Malta units of dry capacity

Malta
units of dry capacity