ORDINANCE No. 22 OF 1844. 111
Weights and Measures.
and entered into before the said first day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and forty-five ; but that all goods, wares, merchandise, and other thing so contracted
and bargained for, as last aforesaid, shall and may be sold and delivered according to
the ratio and proportion which the weights or measures in use in the Colony at the
time such contracts or bargains shall have been made shall bear to the standard weights
and measures established by this Ordinance.
10. And be it further enacted, that in every sale, barter, and exchange of any For stricken
measures.
goods, or things which are not commonly or which shall not be contracted or agreed to
be delivered by heaped measure, the measure shall not be heaped, but shall be stricken
with a round stick or roller straight and of the same diameter from end to end.
11. And be it enacted , that all fines and penalties provided by this Ordinance Fines &c. to be
levied and
shall (except when it is otherwise specially provided) be recovered, levied, and distri distributed in
manner provided
buted, on the offender being convicted in a summary way before any Magistrate of by Ordinance
No. 10 of 1844.
Police, or before any two Justices of the Peace, in the manner provided by Ordinance
No. 10 of 1844.
12. And be it further enacted, that nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be Not to apply to
the sale of
deemed or taken to extend or apply to the sale of medicines or precious metals , or medicines or
precious metals
precious stones , nor to the weights or measures bonâ fide used for the sale thereof. or stones.
13. And be it further enacted, that this Ordinance shall commence and take effect Commencement
of Ordinance.
from and after the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS .
A.
WEIGHTS .
10 Candareen or 分 Fun, make one Tseen, (Mace .)
10 Mace 39 錢 Tseen, "" 兩 Leang, (Tael. )
16 Taels 29 兩 Leang, در 斤 Kin, (Catty. )
100 Catties 担
+ Tam, (Picul.)
斤 Kin,
1 Picul "" 担 Tam, "" 石 Shik, (Stone. )
MEASURES OF LENGTH.
10 Fun, make one
寸 Tsun.
10 Tsun, + "" Chih. (or Covid. )
10 Chih, R 33 丈 Chang.
10 Chang, 99 引 Yin.