In this paper the author traces the development of the measuring system in the commune of Split from the 15(th) to the 19(th) century. Based on the results achieved by Croatian metrology, the author's previous research and printed sources as well as trade manuals, the paper analyses the development of the basic linear and square measures during the above-mentioned period, from the oldest communal measures, the measures of the Venetian system and Austrian measures to the modern metric system. The commune of Split shared the fate of Dalmatia and became part of the Venetian Stato da Mar. After the fall of the Venetian Republic, and a short period of French rule from 1805 to 1813, it was part of the Habsburg Monarchy. Metric systems, basically economic, were actually regularly linked to the political power and thus, before the Austrian measures which were introduced in 1856, the measures of the Venetian system and before them communal measures had been used.
