That's why you would say it:

"a three chain road (49.5 feet, 60.35 meters) 640 acre section (259
hectares) with 1 mile (1.61 km) frontage to roads."

That way we all understand it and nothing is lost.

         Dan W.



At 09:49 AM 9/10/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>I am another for measuring in the original units. Even at the broader
>scale, when colonial regulations demanded road widths and sections
>surveyed to a standard, the following make no sense in metric
>
>60.3504 metre Road
>258.998811 hectare Section
>1.609344 km frontage;
>
>which were set out as the three chain road (width of reserve), 640 acre
>section with 1 mile frontage to roads.
>
>Gary Vines