In Canada the law provides with respect to weights, that the unit shall be the standard pound (avoirdupois) of 7,000 grains, one-sixteenth part of the standard pound shall be an ounce (437 1/2 grains), one hundred pounds a cental, and two thousand pounds a ton, and that four hundred and eighty grains shall be an ounce troy.

As regards measures - That the unit or standard measure of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry measures, shall be the gallon, containing ten standard pounds weight of distilled water, weighed with the water adn air at a temperature of sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit, with the barometer at thirty inches, that the quart shall be one-fourth part of the gallon, and the pint one-eighth part of the gallon, and that eight gallons shall be a bushel.

This gallon, commonly known as the "Imperial gallon," contains 277.274 cubic inches.

The standard measure of legnth is the yard, one-third part of which it is provided shall be a foot, and the twelfth part of such foot shall be an inch.

IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Special note should be made of the fact that certain standards of weights and measures used in some of teh states of the United States are not legal (through frequently used), in Canada. These standards are not so large, being about 20 percent. smaller in capacity than the legal standards in Canada, i.e., the Imperial pint, quart and gallon.

The following tables shew the legal weight in Canada of certain commodities by the Barrel, Bushel, Bag, etc.:-

COMMODITIES BY THE BARREL.

Every barrel, half barrel, bag, sack or package must have marked thereon the naem fo the packer and the brand and the weight of the contents, and in case of feed, the composition thereof.