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custody of the Clerk of'the House of Com- 
mons, to be the genuine standard measure 
of weight, and shall’ be denominated ‘the 
Imperial “Standard ‘Troy Povnd, ‘and the 
unit or ofily ‘standard meastire of sveight; 
from Whicli all ‘other weights shall ‘be deriv- 
ed, computed, and ascertained ; and 1-12th 
part ‘of ‘the said troy pound shall ‘bean 
ounce, 1+20th part of such ounce a penny- 
weight, and’ 1-24th part of such penny- 
weight a graiii; so that 5,760 such grains 
shall be @ troy pound, and 7,000 a pound 
avoirdupoise; and 1-16th part of such 
pound ayoirdupoise shall be an ounce, and 
1-16th of such ounce a dram. 
Tn case the imperial standard troy pound 
should be Jost, defaced, destroyed, or other- 
wise injured, the fifth clause provides for the 
recovery of its identity, which it accomplishes 
by a similar provision as the third clause in 
the case of the imperial standard measure, 
namely, by its assimilation to some inyari- 
able natural standard. The invariable na- 
tural standard to which recourse is to be 
had for the purpose of preparing the new 
standard with certainty and accuracy, is as 
follows: ‘The commissioners appointed to. 
inquire into the subject, having ascertained 
that a cubic inch of distilled water weighed 
in air by brass weights, at a temperature of 
62° of Fahrenheit’s thermometer, the ba- 
rometer being at 30 inches, is equal to 252 
grains and 458 decimal parts troy; there- 
fore, in the event of the standard-pound 
being lost or impaired, the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Treasury are empowered: to 
give directions for having a new one made 
from proportions obtained from the above 
standard and the troy pound. 
The sixth clause relates to measures of 
capacity, and declares that the standard 
measure of capacity for liquid and dry 
goods, not measured by heaped measure, 
shall be the gallon made of brass, and con- 
taining 10 lbs. avoirdupois weight of distil- 
led water, weighed in air with similar atten- 
tion to scientific nicety as is directed in the 
recovery of the troy pound by the preceding 
clause, namely, at the temperature of 62° 
of Fahrenheit’s thermometer, the barometer 
being at 30 inches; and that such brass 
measure shall be the Imperial Standard 
Gallon, and the unit and only standard 
measure of capacity, from which all other 
measures of capacity to be used, for 
wine, beer, ale, spirits, and all sorts of- 
liquids, and dry goods. not measured by 
heaped measure, shall be derived; com-> 
puted, and ascertained; and that all mea- 
sures. shall be taken in parts or multiples, 
or certain proportions of the said imperial 
Standard; and that the quart shall be a 
fourth part of such standard gallon, and the» 
pint 1-8th part; and that two such gallons 
shall bea peek, ‘eight gallons a bushel, and 
eight bushels a quarter, of corn or other dry 
goods not measured by heaped measure. 
The seventh clause directs the standard 
measure of capacity for coals, culm, lime, 
with a round stick or roller, 
Abstradé of the Act relating to the 
fish, potatoes, or fave and all o rene pene 
or thin s commonly sold 
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aforesaid, ‘the se it aa if 
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making use of such bushel ut eas de by the 
eighth clause provides, that. eyes et 
other. goods and things se a 
heaped measure, shall be By: Heape ch 
in such bushel in the form of a cone ; fie 
cone to be of the height’ of ‘six’ inches} ‘an 
the outside of the bushel to’be' ieenrelnity 
of its base. » But ‘though this'clause’ of the’ 
act fixes and determines''the figuye’ of the’ 
standard bushel measure; ‘yet by’a’ stratige 
oversight in the devisers and framers of the 
statute, no provision was made for ‘the for- 
mation or figure’ of measures’ made’ of its 
parts, multiples, or proportiors—aii over.’ 
sight that would have been ‘productive of 
incalculable loss to the public, asthe forms” 
of measures used for heaped goods’ deter 
mine the area upon which the cone’ is ‘to be’ 
raised, and consequently the’ quantity ‘con- 
tained therein; but fortunately this over- 
sight is remedied by the second “clause of 
the statute 6th: Geo. IV. ¢. 12, whieh di-’ 
rects, that all measures for heaped goods: 
shall be made cylindrical, and that the dia~ 
meter shall be at the least double the 
depth thereof, and the cone raised to a 
height equal to-three-fourths of the depth, 
the outside of the measure being the ex= 
tremity or base of the cone... 
The eighth clause of the 6th Geo. IV. 
c. '74, enacts, that three standard bushels: 
shall be a sack, and twelve sacks a chtaldron, 
The ninth clause allows all goods usually. 
sold by measure, whether heaped or un- 
heaped, to be also sold by weight, at the, 
option of the parties, but prohibits the sell-. 
ing by heaped measure goods which are now, 
sold by unheaped, and wzice versa; or tobe, 
more explicit,this clause enacts, that all con-, 
tracts, bargains, sales, and dealings, for any. 
coals, culm, lime, fish, potatoes, or fruit, 
and all other goods and things. commonly. 
sold by heaped measure, shall-be.either,ac-, 
cording to the said standard. of weight, .or. 
the said standard for heaped seal ec oie 
that all contracts, &c., and de alings for any 
other goods, wares, or merchai Th or. 
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other thing done or agreed for AA eight ee 
measure, shall be made and ‘had ie 
to the said standard ‘of weight,” eee the 
said gallon, or the parts, multi Jes 38, 2 
portions thereof; and in using he'sa os 
strick 
measures shall not be heaped, 
the same diameter from end Be 
the tenth ‘clause provides,” * h 
herein contained shall’authotise 
which, by any law there in” 
quired to be sold by‘weight-only. 
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