ACRE, in Hindostan, the same with lack, signifies the sum of 100,000 rupees; the rupee is of the value of the French crown of three livres, or 30 sols of Holland; 100 lacks of rupees make a couron in Hindostan, or 10,000,000 rupees; the pound sterling is about eight rupees, according to which proportion a lack of rupees amounts to L.12,500 sterling.