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It is now reduced to one fanam, or fifty per cent per annum, and no person is to receive more, under penalty of fine, according to the circumstances of the case No more than double the principal can in any case be recovered at law.— The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
A measure called a salup, weighing about two pounds, is equal to a fanam or twopence-halfpenny: a balli, another small measure, goes for four keppeng, or three-fifths of a penny FOOD The ordinary food of the lower class of people is maize and sweet-potatoes, the rajas and great men alone indulging themselves with rice.— The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
Chinese, Klings, and others for six fanams a catty (a fanam is about three halfpence), by which they realized about seventy dollars more. "— Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825
It is now reduced to one fanam, or fifty per cent per annum, and no person is to receive more, under penalty of fine, according to the circumstances of the case.— The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
If a person takes up money under promise of mengiring at a certain period, should he not perform his agreement he must pay interest for the money at one fanam per dollar per month.— The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
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