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the
sures.
office, or if any person selling by weight or measure shall refuse to produce his balances, weights, or measures, in order to be viewed or examined, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars, nor less than Fifty Dollars.
No person to sell
IX. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first by any other than
Standard day of February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-five, Weights and Mea- it shall not be lawful for any person to bargain, sell, deliver in payment, barter, or exchange, any goods, wares, merchandise, or other thing, by any other weights or measures than by such as shall agree with the said standard weights and measures, or the copies or models thereof, as aforesaid (except as hereinafter excepted,) upon pain of forfeiting for each and every such of- fence the sum of One Hundred Dollars, to be recovered in a sum- mary way: Provided, however, that nothing hereinbefore con- Not to apply to tained shall apply to contracts or bargains for the sale, exchange, com. or delivery of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other thing bona mencement of Or-fide made 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.
contracts made previous to
dinance.
measure.
For stricken X. And be it further enacted, That in every sale, barter, and exchange of any 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.
Fines &c. to be levied and distri
XI. And be it enacted, That all Fines and Penalties provided buted in manner by this Ordinance shall (except when it is otherwise specially provided by Ordi- provided) be recovered, levied, and distributed on the offender nance No. 10 of being convicted in a summary way before any Magistrate of Police, or before any two Justices of the Peace, in the manner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.
1844.
cines or Precious
Commencement
XIII. And be it further enacted, That this Ordinance shall commence and take effect from and after the first day of of Ordinance. February, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-five.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS,
Governor, &c. &c.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 30th day of December, 1844.
ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.
SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.
A.
Weights,
Stone
579.84 Grains
Tael
120 Catties
Shik
石 Troy
Leang 西
100 Catties
Picul
Mace
or
1333 lbs.
Tam
Catty
or
14 lb.
Kin
16 Taels
10 One Tael
or
57.984 Grains Tseen 錢
10 One
斤 Mace
Measures of Length.
According to the Measure established by the Tariff,
141 English Inches or 314 Yard.......................
14% English Inches...........
About 13 English Inch.......................
Ten Fun one Tsun
Ten Lip one Fun
Grain.
Candareen
} { TB
One Shik 3160 Cubic Tsun (or Chinese Inches)
make one
make one
Shik, or one Stone.
Shing, or 31.6
*
53
分
Four yards
Cheong
犬
Covid
1 Chek
尺
Inch
Tsun
寸
Fun
分
Line
1 Lip
**
2 Hoh
斛
5 Tow
斗
Hoh, or 1580 Cubic Tsun.
10 Shing
#
make one
Tow, or 316
10 Koh
合
make one
2 Yoh
make one
Kob, or gill.
5 Choh
make one
XIII
10 Chau
抄
make one
Choh, or ladle.
10 Tsoh
make one
Chau, or handful.
10 Kwei
make one
Tsoh, or pugil.
Not to apply to XIE And be it further enacted, That nothing in this the sale of Medi- Ordinance contained shall be deemed or taken to extend or Metals or Stones. apply to the sale of medicines, or precious metals, or precious stones, nor to the weights or measures bona fide used for the sale thereof.
PASH
Yoh, or cup.
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