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" Fait a Quebec, le neuf aout, mil sept cent trente-deux. 



" HOCQUART." 



From " Edits et Ordonnances," 

 Vol. III., p. 463. 



The first ordinance after the Treaty of Paris, Feb. 10, 

 1763, ?'.<?., after Canada became a British possession, was 

 passed on September 3rd, 1764, which 



" Doth hereby ordain and declare. That from and after 

 the tenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and 

 sixty-four, all weights and measures used in this province 

 shall be according to the standard of the Exchequer of Eng- 

 land, and that the Receiver General of this province, as soon 

 as may be, procure a set of measures, long, liquid and dry, 

 and a set of brass weights and scales ; and that until such 

 weights and measures shall arive, the weights and measures 

 of His Majesty's Custom House shall be the standard : And 

 the Clerk of the Market for each town (to be hereafter 

 appointed) shall procure therefrom a set of weights according 

 to such standard, which shall remain with them as assay 

 weights, and shall be marked with the letters G. HI., R." 

 Then follows provision that all tradesmen's measures must be 

 stamped by the " Clerks of the Market." 



(Signed) JAMES MURRAY, 



Captain . eneral and Governor-in- Chief of the Province 

 of Quebec and 7 erriiories thereon depending in 

 America^ Vice-Admiral of the same^ Governor of 

 Quebec^ (s'd. 

 From "Ordinances Quebec," 1764-67, pp. 13, 14. 



In the following ordinance there are several interesting 

 points besides the one on measure, that may be worth noting. 

 The title is : — 



" An Ordinance — Concerning Land Surveyors, and the 

 Admeasurement of Lands." 30th April, 1785. 



This is the first English ordinance or statute relating to 

 surveyors. The chief provisions of the above ordinance are 



