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No. 2 of 1885.
Forfeiture of weights and measures.
Saving as to weights or measures.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
exceeding two hundred dollars, or, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
9. All weights and measures duly seized by an examiner of weights and measures shall be forfeited to the Crown.
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.
dealing in medicines, etc.
Wooden measures of length.
11. Measures of length, if made of wood or bamboo, shall (except yard measures imported from the United Kingdom) be tipped at the ends with metal to the satisfaction of the examiner of weights and measures, or, in case of doubt, of a magistrate, whose decision shall be final.
metal.
SCHEDULE.
[s. 2.]
Troy.
Ounce. 8 do. 2 do. ½Avoirdupois.
4 Ounces.TABLE OF ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Weights.
1 Pound. 1 Yard, divided into feet and inches. 3 do. 1 Half Gill. 1 Half Gallon. 2 Pounds. 1 Gill. do. 1 Gallon. 10 4 do. 1 1 Half Pint. 1 Peck. 7 do. 2 Ounces. 28 1 Quart. 14 do. 1 Half Bushel. 28 do. 1 Bushel. 56 do.The contents of each measure to be not heaped, but flat and level with the rim of the vessel.
TABLE OF CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Weights.
1 Tsin (candareen) = 0.0133 ounce avoirdupois.
1 Tsin (mace) = 0.133 do.
1 Leung (tael) = 1 do.
1 Kan (catty) = 1⅓ pounds do.
1 Tam (picul) = 133 do.
and the following: 2, 3, 4, 5, taels; 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50, taels; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, taels.
Measures of length.
1 Chek (foot) equal to 14.3 English inches, divided into 10 tsün or inches, and each inch into 10 fan or tenths.