The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Weights and Measures
Weights and Measures.
Several modifications in the regulations respecting these have taken place. The fees charged for a second and subsequent verification have been reduced to one-fourth of the first fee, and the first fee has been materially reduced, so that the Revenue from the inspection does not now nearly cover the cost of the service. The expenditure for equipping the Weights and Measures inspection offices up to 30th June, 1877, was $70,140 while the Revenue collected was $50,735. But these only represent the average collections of nine months. The number of all kinds of Weights and Measures inspected were as follows:
Not one of the 60 lb. weights legalised by the special request of parties in the grain trade was presented for verification