Assertion: metric system's use | /r/HasProperty | permitted for trade
Facets:
value: in 1864
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Australia, New Zealand and Commonwealth countries in Africa are almost totally metric, India is mostly metric, Canada is partly metric while in the United Kingdom the metric system, the use of which was first permitted for trade in 1864, is used in much government business, in most industries including building, health and engineering and for pricing by measure or weight in most trading situations, both wholesale and retail.