ISO F'nst Report of the Commhsioners appointed to consider 



*' Here, of course, it is not our intention to enter into detail ; 

 but merely to indicate the prominent particulars to which atten- 

 tion should be paid in the Act of Parliament. If our general 

 views are correct, we conceive it should be enacted — 



" That a standard of a foot, ascertained and marked at the 

 extremities as before described, be made of platina, or some other 

 suitable metal ; and that others of 2, 3, and 4 feet respectively 

 be made at the same time, each having two series of divisions on 

 different sides ; that is, tenths of the foot on one side, and halves, 

 fourths, and eighths of the foot on the other. That standards of 

 the several measures of cajjacity from the bushel down to the 

 gill; and, besides the usual troy and apothecaries' weights, a 

 series of avoirdupois, that is, of 100 pounds, of 25 pounds, of 

 S pounds, of 1 pound, | pound, | pound, 1 ounce, \ ounce, | 

 ounce, and of 1 drachm, be also constructed. That five sets of 

 complete and accurate copies of all these, whether of length, ca- 

 pacity, or v.eight, be likewise made : and that, each series being 

 stamped with appropriate and distinguishing marks, there be de- 

 posited, one complete series at the Exchequer, another at the 

 proper office in Westminster, another at Guildhall, another at 

 Founders'-hall, another at the British Museum, aiid another in 

 the rooms of the Royal Society. 



*' That copies of the standards of length, and of the Act of 

 Parliament, be sent to all foreign Governments with which Eng- 

 land is at peace. 



" That other exact copies of the several standards be sent to 

 the several county-towns, cities, and boroughs in the realm, hav- 

 ing, besides the Exchequer stamps, the name or arms of each 

 city, &c., to which they arc sent, marked upon them ; and that 

 they be safely lodged in tbe custody of some proper officer, not 

 for the purpose of sizing and adjusting new measures (except as 

 below), but for that of detecting, error or fraud with regard to 

 measures in use. And that these copies shall be onlv producible 

 for certain purposes specified in the Act. 



" That another series of copies of the standards, rppropriately 

 marked, but in some way distinct from eacli of the others, be sent 

 to every excise division, and placed in the custody of the super- 

 visor of excise for tbe time being. 



" That all the measures of t'ne several series be sized and ad- 

 justed in a room where they have previously remained at least 

 24 hours, in a certain assigned temperature, or within certain 

 narrow limits. 



" That all the standards of capacity have marked upon them 

 in permanent legible characters their respective proportions to 

 old measures bearing the same name. On the gailon measure, 

 for example, there might be j)laced — : 



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