BREAD. 



By the precceiFinjT table, if the price c- wheat is 5s. a 

 ■bulhel (Wincheller mtafure) and the allowance of the ma- 

 giftratcs to the baker, for baking, is is. 6d., theaveight and 

 price of the ftveral loaves will be found oppofitc to Cs. 6d. 

 in the firll column. The wttght of loaves of any fize may 

 be eilimated from that of the penny loaf by fimple addition ; 

 e.g. the fix-pei.ny loaf weighs fix times as much, &c. ; and 

 the wheatcn loaves are three-fourths of the weight of the 

 houfliGid loaves ; and if the magiftratcs allow any of the 

 white loaves of the price of one penny or twopence, they 

 are to weigk three-fourths of the weight of the wheaten 

 loaves of the fame price. The prices of the houfehold loaves 

 are always three-fourths of the prices of the wheatcn loaves. 



The perfons authorized to fet the aflife weight of bread, 

 when whtat is above the price of 14s. 6d. the highefl price 

 of a bufhel of wheat, together with the baker's allowance 

 in the table, flionlj obfcrve, that the rcfpeftive wei"-hti of 

 the fcveral affiled loaves will decreafe in the fame proportion 

 as the prices of the bulhel of wheat, together with the 

 allowance for baking, increafes ; and that fuch weights may 

 be deduced from the prefcnt table as in the followin'T 

 examples: l. Required the weight of the twelve-penny 

 wheatcn loaf, when the price of the bufhcl and baking is 

 16?. The weight in the above table oppofite to 8s. eftimated 

 in the mode above directed, is jib. i loz. Sdwts. But the 

 price of the bufliel and baking being now twice as much 

 the weight of the loaf can only be half what it then was, viz, 

 2lb. 130Z. I2dwts. 2. Required the weight of the twelve 

 penny wheatcn loaf, when the price of a bulhel of wheat and 

 bakingis i6s. ,jd. The weight, when thepriceof the budiel 

 and baking, is lOs. is 2lb. l.joz. I2dwts. ; and the weight, 

 when the price of the budiel and baking is i6s. 6d. is 

 2lb. iioz. i4dwts. and thefe two added together give 

 jlb. 90Z. lodivts. and, therefore, one half the weight at 

 16s. 3d. is 2!b. 120Z. i3dwts. 



For the price of the peck loaf, and its fubdivifions, it 

 (liould be obferved, that the price increafes in the fame 

 proportion as the price of the buOicl of wheat, together with 

 the allowance for baking, e. g. i . Required the price of 

 the peck loaf wheattn bread, when the price of the bufhcl 

 and baking is 16s. The price of fuch loaf by the table, when 

 the bulhel and baking is Ss. is 3s. oid. ; confcquently at 

 i6s. it mull bv' double or 6s. id. 2. itequired the price of 

 the peck loaf when that of the bufhelaud baking is ills. 3d. 

 Tne price when that of the bulhel and baking is i6s. is 

 63. id.; at 16.?. 6d. 6s. 4d. ; and adding thefe, we have 

 I2S. 5d. one-halfof which, or6s. 2ld. is the price at i6s. jd. 

 See 39 and 40 Geo. III. 74. 



The affife is to be Tet in avoirdupois weight ; and the 

 prices of grain, meal, or flour, allowed to be made into bread 

 in London, (liall be dLtermined by the public fale in the 

 London markets during the whole market, and certified on 

 oath bc-forc the court of mayor and aldermen, on fome cer- 

 tam day m every week, by the meal-weighers or perfons ap- 

 pointed by the faid court ; and entered in writincr, under 

 their hands, in lomc book provided by the city, and kept 

 at the town-clerk's office. On the next day after fuch price 

 (hall_ be certihtd, the affife and weight of all forts of bread 

 tor lale, and alfo the price, fhall from time to time be fet by 

 '^^/!"%'^ourt, or mayor, and remain in force unril a new 

 affife in London Ihall be fet. As foon as it can convenient- 

 ly be done, the affile fo fet (hall be made public in the 

 manner d.r.fted by the faid court. But before any advance 

 or reduaion Ihall in any week be made by the faid court or 

 mayor in the price of bread, the meal-weighers or perfons 

 duly appointed (hall return the prices of grain, meal, and 

 Hour, in wnting, to the common hall of the company of 

 bakers, fo that the faid company may, on the mornin.T of 

 the next day after every fuch return and entr)-, and before 

 any adile be fet, have an opportunity to oHer to the faid 

 court or mayor their objeaions againft any propofed ad- 

 vance ">" reduaion. In other cities and town's corporate this 

 bufinefs fhall be conduded and fettled by the court of mayor 

 and aldermen, if there be any, or by the mayor, bailiff/ or 

 chief magillratcs, or by two jullices in fuch towns and 

 p ces which have no fuch mayor, bailiffs, aldermen, or 

 c lef magiltrate. In places wuhin counties at large, two 

 julfices are authorized to fet the affife. Bread of different 

 denominations, fuch as lix-penny, twelve-penny, and eighteen- 

 penny loaves, and peck, half-peck, and' quarter of a peck 



loaves. 



