Weights and Measures Act 1845 (SA)

No* 7.

By His Excellency GEORGE GRES, Esquire, Govew20r a d Commander-in-

Ohi,f of Het. My'esty's Prov;me of South Australia and i t8 Depen- dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, by and with the advice and cataseltt o f the Legidative Cou?zcil.

AN ORDINANCli' to amend " A?& Act for Establishing Standard

FtTeiiqhts a?zd Measzwes in the Provime r?f South Australia,

and fir the prece?ztim of the w e qf such as are false and

&$&eft t. "

HEREAS an Ordinance of the Governor, with the advice Preamble.

was passed on the Eighteenth day of February, One Thousand	W and consent of the Legislative Council of South Australia,
Eight Hundred and Fortythree, intituled C L An Act for establishing 6 Viot., NO. 13.

And whereas since the passing of the said Ordinahce certain Weights and Measures of the Standard now in force and use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, denomiuated Imperial Weights and Measures ( i t Schedule whereof marked with the letter A is hereunto annexed), have b e ~ n received from Great Britain, and are now deposited' in the said Surveyor-General's Office: And whereas on examination the former Standards legalized by the recited Ordinance

Standard Weights and Measures in the Province of South Australia, and for the prevention of the use of' such as are false and deficient,"

whereby it was amongst other things enacted, that the several Weights and Measures therein referred to, then deposited in the Surveyor-General's Office in Adelaide should be, and were declared

to be the Etandard Weights and Measures of the Province of South

Australia:

Ordinance have been found to be defective, and it is expedient to suoersede the same, and to establish the last-received Weights and

~ i a s u r e s as Standards:

Be it therefore Enacted, by His Excellency the Governor o f South Australia with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, That from and after the passing hereof, the before-recited Ordinance; in so far as it enacts that the several Weights and Measures. therein mentioned shall be the Standard Weights and Measures, and in so far as the provisions of the said recited Ordi- nance have reference to the said Weights and Measures, shall be, and the same is, hereby repealcd.

IT. And be it Enacted, That the several Weights and Measures now last deposited in the Surveyor-General's Office, in Adelaide, as aforesaid, shall be therein safely kept, and shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, the Standard Weights and Measures of the Province of South Australia,

III. Provided always, and be it farther Enacted, That this Ordi- nance shall be construed together with the recited Ordinance, and the whole enactments and provisions thereof, shall be in force and apply to' the Standards hereby established, as effectually as before the passing hereof they were or might have been in force and applied

to the Standards declared by the recited Ordinance.

G, GREY,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

Passed the Legislative Council this ninth

day of July, one thousand eight

hundred and fif ty-Fve.

W. L. O'HALLORAN,

Clerk of Council.

SCHEDULE REFERRED TO,

LIST OF STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES deposited in the Surveyor-General's

Office at Adelaide.

'VE1"HTs ............................. ,Avoirdupois.

(Brass 6pherieal) l

Half Dram, Avoirdupois ......... , ............ , ..... Two

Dram ......................I.................... One

Two Drams.	........................................	One
Four. Drams	......................................	One

Eight Drams ....... : ................................ One

One Ounce ........................................ One

Two Ounces	.....................................	One
Four Ounces	......................................	One

Eight Ounces .... , ................................. One

One Pound ............ ; ........................... One

TwoPounds	......................................	Ono
Four Pounds	......................................	One
SevenPounds	.....................................	One

Fourteen Pounds .................................. One

Twenty-eight Pounds,. .............................. One

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. Fiftysix Pounds. One

MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

Gun Metal, cylindrical, with flat glass covers to each.

Half Gill .......................................... One

Clill .............................................. One

Half Pint ........................................ One

Pint. .....................I................,......	One
Quart .......................l.l..................	One

Half Gallon ...................................... One

Gallon ............................................ One

Peck ....................................I....... One

Half Bushel ...................................... 0 ne

Bushel,, ....................,.................l.l. One

40-inch Beam ...................................... One

20-inch ditto ...................................... One

10-inch ditto, in glass frame ........................... One

MEASURE OF LEXGTH.

Standard Yard Rod and Bed ........................ One

(Signed) E. C, FROME, Capt. Royal Engrs.,

Surveyor-General,

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Adelaide : By authority, W, C, Cox, Government Printer, North-terrace,