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1. That from and after the commencement of this Act, all Bread sold in the Province of Auckland shall be sold by the several bakers or sellers of bread respectively by Weight, and in case any baker or seller of bread shall sell, or cause to be sold, bread in any other manner than by weight, then and in such case every such baker or seller of bread shall for every such offence forfeit or pay any sum not exceeding Forty Shillings: Provided always that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent or hinder any such baker or seller of bread from selling fancy bread without previously weighing the same.

2. Every baker or seller of bread shall cause to be fixed in some conspicuous part of his her or their shop, on or near the counter, a beam and scales with proper weights or other sufficient balance, in order that all bread (except as aforesaid) there sold may from time to time be weighed in the presence of the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and in case any such baker or seller of bread shall neglect to fix such beam and scales or other sufficient balance as aforesaid, or to provide and keep for use proper beams scales and weights or balance, or refuse to weigh such bread when required by a purchaser or intending purchaser, or by the Inspector of Weights and Measures or other Inspectors appointed by the Act, as hereinafter mentioned, then and in every such case he she or they shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Five Pounds for every such offence.

Bakers to provide in their shops, Beams, Scales, and Weights, &c., and to weigh bread, &c.

3. No Baker or Seller of Bread shall make, sell, or offer for sale, any Bread (except Fancy Bread) not made up into Loaves of Two, Four, Six, or Eight Pounds in weight respectively; and in case any Baker or Seller of Bread shall sell, or offer for sale, any Bread (except Fancy Bread) in any other manner than in Loaves of Two, Four, Six, or Eight Pounds in weight, he shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

No Bread to be sold unless made up of certain weights.

4. It shall be lawful for the Inspector of Weights and Measures, or such other person as the Superintendent may appoint, and he is hereby required, from time to time, in the City of Auckland and in the Electoral Districts of Newton and Parnell, to inspect all Bread offered for sale, or in the course of delivery to customers, in the City of Auckland or in the Electoral Districts aforesaid, and, if he shall think fit, to weigh the same with fit and proper Scales and Weights, or require the same to be weighed by any Baker or Seller of Bread who offers such Bread for sale, or who is in the course of delivering the same to Customers: and in case any Bread so sold or offered for sale shall be found deficient in weight, any such Baker or Seller of Bread who shall so offend shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Five Pounds. Provided that no Baker or Seller of Bread shall be liable to the aforesaid Penalty in respect of any Stale Bread. Provided, nevertheless, that if any Baker or Seller of Bread shall sell any Loaf or Loaves of Stale Bread which may be found deficient in weight, he shall make up such deficiency by adding thereto other Bread; and in