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SrANDUID MEASURE OF CAPACITY;

Clause Fifth-Thiscoacts, that both fol. dry and liquid
goods the-standard measuie shall bethe.Gallon, containing
10 pounds of pure water at the temperature of 5t degrees of
Parenheit's Thermometer (being 271;.43 cubical inches), and
that a Standard Gallon of this size shall he forthwith- made
of lyntss, under:the direction of the persons aforesaid :—that
all measures of capacity shall be taken from this standard in
certain parts, multiples, or pi ()portions, viz_; that a Quart
shall be one fourth part of the said Gallon; a Pint the half
of such Quart; anit that there shall be 2 such Gallons in a
l'eck, and 4 such Peclis in a I.lWael.
•_Thee Sixth Clause relahis to the Conies and .7..fodels of the
Staodards, and -enacts that they shall forthwith be made and
verified under the direction of the Lord High Treasurer, &c.;
and also, that when these models aretnade, tbat the Standards
shall he deposited for ever tai remain in the Coast of the Re-
ceipt of Exchequer at Westminster, to be' kept under the
'seals of the High:ollicer of that Court•
Clause A (iidded by the Committee) enacts, that when it
is certified Under the hands and seals of the Chancellor,
Chief Baron, and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, that any
of the Suuriard‘i arc lost, or injured, the smile shall be re-
constructed as before directed.
The n..ixt Clause enacts,' that within six months after the
passing- of the Act, the Justices at the Quarter Sessions, and
the Magistrates in their corporate capacities, in the town; and
counties of England and Scotland, shall be authorised to
grant licenses, to be renewed every year, to fit persons foi
nttkinr mid selling Weights and Measures,. which shall be
zuu.riced with Iln:initials of the maker or seller.

The following .Clause provides that all Weights shall he
iriade of bras:;, eopper, bell-raetal, or cast-iroa.
i lac iiext Clause requires; -that models or copiet shall be
-provizled for,cozinties, towns, Royal boroughs,-£:c. which are-
Za he deposited in sue':. place as the Justices or Magistrates
,h.. 11 appoint, had redly to be produced, on payment of the
cliarge•i',- to any perso:i requiring it by writing. •
- By the.sitxcediiig ;:lause it, is, required,. that Weights and
'Measures, before ltei:ig 4..tpu&rd to sale, shall be verified by
b,in; compred with the 'ciOdel of the cininty or town, cud
v-,-..n.t.,uatt correct, to.lie I:aarlird in such way as :nay be ap-

pointed. •
Clause D ''ttitled on the Re-comeitment) provides that the
:tct shall ni,t. •he eunst rued to infringe on the right of the
is au Contpany of the of Loniton.
Glause F. (added also on the reconiniittnent), provides that
in caws where disputes net)i:irik'e• vespecting ineasure3 of ca-
pacity,: a:awl-lila, reference cannot 'lre easily hail to the
s!ainiards, it any• by lawful for any Justice or Magistrate to
a,certai,i Cie er..paetty of such measure by the weight of pure
vain wa:erwtlieit it Wiil" coirtaio—to poutuk of such Water at
tie teniperatace of 5,;,. degrees of Farenbeit being equal to j
is gallon.
The nest elatfse enacts, thA after the 24th June, ISI6, all
cootracts, bargains, sales and dealings in Creat Britain shall
be transiv:Aosl according to. the legal standards.. . .
The following clause for the purpose-of ascertaining anti
fining the anantitt of contracts of rents payable. in grain or
wait, ert,:ts, that at the next Quarter Sessions, after the.
lapse of six months after the passing,of the ;tet,. the Justices
in each county shall appoint twelve substantial freeholders
of the coubty to ascertain the' amount (;iccortling to the
standards appointed by this Act), of all the contracts or rents
payable in grain or malt within t'aitt.county, in relation to
the weights and measures, according to which .1 he same were.
heretofore payable. Tbe' result •of this inquiry to be trans- •
mitted by the Cirri( of the Pe'ace of the town or county, to
Westminster, to be there enrcitted
the Court of Exc.:miner in
;of record, and the amount so ascertained ti.) be received in
evidence before Cotirts of Law or Equity: •
C
louse B jaddcd by the Committee) extends the enactment
oif -,th t,s preceding Clause to.isi;eothuni., tirempowering the title-
riff Isepute or Substitute, to appoint a Jury of twelve qmalified
•rsoos to stri he the bar prices,. according to ill st
andard,
x s .andard,
pc
A iS1(1011 to be transmitted to be re-
corded the result of the in,u..
Exchequer in Ediolnirgli
corded in the Court of . . ~. anti to
: at lam; or in equity.
c-crve as evidence in actions Ti siu,s
~. ) .
TN; next anise tnacts,Altat Tables accotiltiht g Sc) the stand
Customs sold
'avzl shat{ be constructed fur the Collection of
Excse, ikv. '
• of ten pounds on per-
it -
The next Clause ini now:: a pena of
or IlledSt.,i• ' t.s with-
s.ons convicted of making or ceiling [weights

out iiceui:es. •
The oext Clause declares, that the forgefy orconnterfeiting,
o warkior stamp, on VivightB and Muasnyes is 1(10)%
it is protidmel 11 the next I:lanse that th former standards
ol Weights and Measures t,hall be dei,troyed,
'I he remaitling Clauses relate to the way in which the pe-
ii.;tivs-are to be rctovcred—the form of the couviction—that

balf

he Kin; anti half t o 111 'r.rrafr,,
and that persons thus convicted and suffering shall 13 J't
othencist• punishable fu such alfence.

'F:le last Cluuw.repvals all Lf a former Acts on this sialk,cct
•

Thy follnwlni: i` L`chrtlizt ;if hitter to be void' fi.,
t cif `ci gqiis add .11casuret,o which this .-Ict rtj:..;
:1,1.4:1 by th-e. Committee • _

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Vol.' Weights of all de-noominations, the sum of Six-pence
per'boaen.
t';,...;13-'alien, or larger treasure, The sum of Four-
. .
For every smaller Measure., 'to 'Quart inclusive, the sant
of Three-15e0n4...
Fur every •smaileronteasmit'e-,.'the stirn of Two-pence.
For every Yard, dr other ineastrve 'of -ex!en.'ion, the corn
of One Penny.
[There can be 110 difference of opinion as to The etp4ency
of. equalising the Weights t-I..d..Measures throughout the,
kingdom. The.allove Abstract of .the which has ad,
ranced, to within the last state, in the Lower Haase, during.
the late Session, will slew the regulations by means of
which it is proposed to attain this desirable object; and for
oar owu parts, we confess they appear completely adequate
to time end in view. At least it cannot be objected that. this.
Bill has" been drawn up and carried through with any thing
like precipitation. The Report of the Committee who inquired
into the subject was presented at the end of time last Session,
and the end 4this Session has found the third reading of the
Bill in this House.of Commons postponed till next Session.—.
We do not complain of delay, because, an enactment, in which
everyaneralmer of the community is so much interested, on ac=7
counts of the changes which it will cause, ought to be, pro-
ceeded in with great deliboration, that peoples) nouds may be
duly famtlihrised to .the arrangement in' 'projection. Every
means should; therefore, ,be taken to give it publicity.
Time 24th .Inne, 1116, •the date front which the new re-
gnbitioy is to be establisberlin Great Britain.
The provisions of the not yet extend to Ireland.
The thanks of the public are certainly dile to those who
hare drzeNn the attention smf 'Parliament to the subject, and
especially to the Committee who drew op the able, pers,icu-
(ins, and scianifie Report presented last year" to Parliameat.