3 04 AGRICULTURE 



"Standard Weights. Standard Measures. 



" (i) 5 Ibs., taken as equivalent to - i gallon. 



" (2) 10 - J bushel. 



" (3) ! 5 > - 3 gallons. 



" (4) 20 ,, ,, - J bushel. 



"(5) 40 - I bushel. 



" (6) 80 - 2 bushels. 



" (7) 1 20 ,, - i barrel. 



"Apples and pears may be packed in all 

 the above except gallons. 



"Damsons and green gooseberries in all 

 the above packages. 



" Plums in all except 2-bushels and 

 barrels. 



" Cherries, red and amber gooseberries, in 

 gallons, J-bushels, 3-gallons, and i-bushels. 



u Strawberries, raspberries, currants and 

 tomatoes in gallons and ^-bushels. 



" We desire it to be distinctly understood 

 that the foregoing proposals are tentative and 

 provisional" 



Following up this report the Committee 

 have sent the Department specimen packages 

 as follows ; 



