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(2.) Every person who acts in contravention of this section shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars or, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, five hundred dollars.
9. All weights and measures duly seized by an examiner of weights and measures under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be forfeited to the Crown.
Forfeiture of weights and measures duly seized.
10. Nothing in this Ordinance shall apply to the buying or selling or dealing in medicines, or precious metals, or precious stones or to weights or measures employed in relation thereto.
Saving as to weights or measures for dealing in medicines, etc.
SCHEDULE.
TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Section 2.
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Weights.
Avoirdupois.
Troy,
4. Ounces. 16 1 Ounce. 8 do. to do. 1 Pound. do. ΤΟ 2 Pounds. do. 10 weight 4 do. 1 do. 7 do. 2 Ounces. e, scale. 14 do. which is 28 do. 56 do. scharge penalty and in may be weight, achine, fraud, penalty veight, achineLength.
1 Yard divided into feet and inches.
Capacity.
1 Half Gill. 1 Gill. 1 Half Pint. 1 Pint. 1 Quart. 1 Half Gallon. 1 Gallon. 1 Peck. 1 Half Bushel. 1 Bushel.CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Weights.
1 Fan (candareen)=0.133 oz. avoirdupois. =0.133 (mace) 1 Tsin 1 Leung (tael) 1 Kan (catty) 1 Tam (picul) r cause alance, do. do. 1 do. do. 3 14 lbs. do. 1334 do. do. and the following weights, viz. 2, 3, 4, 5, taels; 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50, taels; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, taels.