Weights and Measures Act 1849 No 25a (NSW)

No. XXV.

■\VEIOinS AND

MiCASUKF.e. An Act for adopting certain Standard Weigdits

and Measures. [24//i September, 1849.]

rrcainblc.	T T 7 IIEllEAS by an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council
Y T
of New South AValcs passed in the third year of tlie reign of His late Majesty King Mhlliam the Eourth intituled “ An Act for “ cstahlishimj Standard JP'cights and Pleasures and for preventing the “ the use of such as are false and deficient'' it was amongst other things enacted that certain 'Weights and Measures of the Standard in force and in use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland denominated Imperial Weights and Measures which then were and now are deposited in the Colonial Iheasury in Sydney should be the Standard 'Weights and IMeasures of New Soutli 'Wales And \\Iicreas several sets of Standard Weights and Measures duly verified and stam])cd at the ExcheqiU'r at Westminster have r('cently arrived in this Colony from tlie proper autliorities in England (of each set of which a Schedule marked with the letter A is hereunto annexed) And whereas it is expedient that such last mentioned 'Weights and Measures should he the Standard Weights and Measures of New South Wales

3 M il. IV. No. 4

Wci.Gjhts und Mea­	in lieu of tlie 'Weights and Measures now deposited in the Colonial
sures received from	Treasury in Sydney as aforesaid Be it therefore enacted hy His
Kngland ado])tcd as
Standard \Veights	Excellency the Governor of New South 'Wales with the advice
and Pleasures in lieu	and consent of the Legislative Council thereof That one set of the
of those jjow de­
posited a t the	'Weights and Measures so verified and stamped at the Exchequer at

Treasury. 'Westminster

1841). 18” y io . Xo. 25. 1851

Wcighls and Measures.

"W('s1nn'ns{(‘v shall tbrtliwith Ik; dopositod in ihi' Colonial Tn-asury in Ilu‘, City ol‘ Sydney and anotlu'r set tlun-coi' iii the. Colonial Treasury in. 11i(' City ol‘ Melbourne to he sahdykcpt in tlu' said Colonial Tivasuries respee1iv('ly and lliat from and after the iirst day of January u('xt the said sets of AVeij>'hts and iMcxisnres shall lu; and tiiey a.re, herc'hy -

declaim'd to he the Standard ’W'eiyhts and ^leasun's of LN'ew South M'ah's in lieu of the AVeiyhts and ALeasures now de])osited in the Treasury in Sydney under tlie ■j)rovisions of the said rca.hted Aei.

2. And he it enaeted 'I’hat (>aeh and ('very of the rc'g'ulations j-mvisinns ni r. w i i .

('uaetuu'nts and ])rovisions nnuh' and eontadned in the said ri'citc'd Act |,)stXiu-,XhlTX

with refereneo to the Standard AVeiylits and Alcxasures in such Act niioptcd.

mentioned shall from and aftt'r the tirst day of January lu'xt he in

full force and etfeet witli refer('uce to the; said Standard AVeiyhts and

Pleasures Iasi received from the Exehc(iuor at Westminster as aforesaid

and doscrib(!d in the Schedule to this Act annexed and shall he takc'ii

and held to a])]dy to the same Provided always that it shall not he siaudmrU .iircady

r('(inisit(' that any AVeiu'hts or Pleasures which shadl have heen alreadv	"y'	>>	'’
duly verilied and stamped at tlie Exelic{}uer at Wexstminster or shall have heen vinifu'd and stanpied under the provisions of the said recited A(d sl'.all he verilied hefore llis Exeidlency the Governor and a])])roved of hy him according to the provisions of the said recited Act hut the same shall he and he deemed to he AVciyhts and Pleasures res})ectively of the Standards hei-ehy adopted.

d. And whereas doubts are entertained as to wlu'lher the umvisiojis < i'r> wii.

nrovisions of the said recited Act are annlicahle to nersons selliri"'h\-

wiiolosalo by vr(Mî ht or nioasiiro any ■wares ])i*ovisions ■̂o()(ls or wvû htov mensme

merchandize and to the balances weights and im'asurcs of

persons Ee it tlnwefore declared and enacted That all and singular

the provisions in the said recited Act and in this Act contained shall

he apjdicahle and shall he a])])lied to every jicrson or persons who

shall s('ll or ('xjiosc to sale hy weight or measure n hetlun- wholesale or

retail any wares provisions goods or merchandize or any liepdd or dry

goods or other articles whatsoever and to the sliop house mill store

out-house stall or standing ])laces of every such person or persons and

to all balances and all weights and measures of length and capacity

found tlu'rein.

4. Provided alwavs ujul he it enactc'd That notliing in this A(J, Xot e. o.xtrud to

or in the said reeited eVet contained shall he dec'tned or taken to extc'ud pJetiouri'i ̂

or apjily to the sale of medicines or precious metals or precious .stoin's

or to the weights or measures bond Jide used for the sale thereof and

for no other purpose.

SCHEDULE llElhEllEEl) TO.

A.

l.rsT ft' :i sot of St.-mdm’d Weights and Measures duly verified ami .'t,'iiii|ieil at tlie lixelioijui r

at We.-itminster and rvliieli have recently arrived in thi.s Colony from lOnypiiid.

A set of nii^asures made of hard "un metal with strong handles ri.sing from the

hoUom heing modehs and copies of the lEclu'((uer Standards consisting of the. impm'ial

standard hushel iialf hushol peck gallon half gallon ipiart ]iint half j>int gill and h.df gill.

A set of lino bra.ss spherical weights, being also models and cojisss of the i'ixclnnp.ier Standards (umsisting of .5(3 'dS 1-f 7 4 2 and 1 avoirdupoi.s pounds S I 2 and 1 avoirdupois ounces H 1 2 and 1 draehms and 1 half drachm.

One Imperial Standard yard bed and rod

One d feet scale eontaining the yard foot ami incii.

One set consisting of 111 flat glasses for correctly filling the mcas\ires.

On ea.eh of tlic mcn.surcs its designation and the name of the Colony is engraved.

On each of the weights tlu; same is impiv.-'.sed.

Iso. XXVI.