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720 [8 OF 1885. ] WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .


which such person may be subject in respect of such offence.
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 .
Weights and 7. Nothing in this ordinance shall apply to the buying or
measuresin for
dealing selling or dealing in medicines or precious metals or precious
medicines or stones nor to weights or measures employed in relation thereto .
precious
metals or pre
cious stones
not within
this ordi
nance .




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9. This ordinance shall come into operation on the first day
of April , 1885.
SCHEDULE .
CUINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .
Weights.
1 Fan ( candareen ) = 0.133 oz . avoirdupois.
1 Tsin (mace) = 0.133 >


1 Leung (tael) 1} 99


1 Kan ( catty) 1. tbs.
1 Tam ( picul) 133 }
and the following weights, viz.: 2, 3 , 4, 5 , taels ; 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50, taels ;
100, 200 , 300, 400, 500, 700, taels .
Length.
I Chek ( foot ) equal to 14 : English inches, divided into 10 Tsün or inches,
and each inch into 10 Fan or tenths.
ENGLISHI WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .
Weights.
4 Ounces avoirilupois. 7 Pounds avoirdupois.
8 11
1 Pound 28
2 Pounds 56
1
1
Thoz. Troy. is oz . Troy.
TO 1 Ounce
3
10 2 Ounces ,,
Length
1 Yard divided into feet and inches ..
Capacity.
1 Half Gill . 1 Half Gallon .
1 Gill , 1 Gallon ,
1 Half Pint. 1 Peck .
1 Pint. 1 Half Bushel.
1 Quart. 1 Bushel.
The contents of each measure to be not heaped, but flat and level with
the rim of the vessel .
Measures of length, if made of wood or bamboo, shall (except yard mea
sures imported from the C'nited Kingdom ) be tipped at the ends with metal
to the satisfaction of the examiner of weights and measures, or, in case of
dloubt, of a Police Magistrate, whose decision shall be final,