New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 1

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✨ Weights and Measures Regulations



Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 37

PART III.

The following tables shall form part of these regulations.

TABLE 1.—PERMISSIBLE ABBREVIATIONS OF DENOMINATIONS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Weights.

Pound .. .. .. lb. | 2 drachms (apothecaries’) .. .. ʒij.
Ounce (avoirdupois) .. .. oz. | 1 drachm (apothecaries’) .. .. ʒi.
Ounce (troy) .. .. oz. tr. | 2 scruples (apothecaries’) .. .. ʒij.
Ounce (apothecaries’) .. .. oz. apoth. | 1½ scruples or ½ drachm (apothecaries’) .. ʒss.
Dram .. .. .. dr. | 1 scruple (apothecaries’) .. .. ʒi.
Grain .. .. .. gr. | ½ scruple (apothecaries’) .. .. ʒss.
4 drachms (apothecaries’) .. .. ʒiv. | Metric carat .. .. C.M.

Measures of Length.

Yard .. .. .. yd. | Inch .. .. .. in.
Foot .. .. .. ft.

Measures of Capacity.

Where “half” or “quarter” is used in reference to measures of capacity in the Act (Second Schedule) it may be abbreviated to “½” or “¼” respectively.

Apothecaries’ Measures.

Fluid ounce .. .. fl. oz. | Minim .. .. .. min.
Fluid drachm .. .. fl. dr.

ERRORS PERMISSIBLE ON VERIFICATION.

TABLE 2.—AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHTS. (Regs. 15 to 25.)

Denomination. Error in Excess only. Denomination. Error in Excess only.
Iron Weights. Other than Iron Weights. Iron Weights.
Grains. Grains. Grains.
56 lb. .. .. 60 30 4 lb. .. .. 12
50 lb. .. .. 55 27·5 2 lb. .. .. 8
28 lb. .. .. 40 20 1 lb. .. .. 4
20 lb. .. .. 30 15 8 oz. .. .. 4
14 lb. .. .. 24 12 4 oz. .. .. 4
10 lb. .. .. 20 10 2 oz. and 1 oz. .. .. ..
7 lb. .. .. 16 8 8 drams to ½ dram .. .. ..
5 lb. .. .. 14 7

TABLE 3.—TROY WEIGHTS. (Regs. 15 to 25.)

Denomination. Error in Excess only. Denomination. Error in Excess only.
Grains. Grains.
500 oz. to 300 oz., inclusive .. 5 2 oz. .. .. .. 0·3
200 oz. and 100 oz. .. .. 4 1 oz. .. .. .. 0·2
50 oz. and 40 oz. .. .. 2 0·5 oz. to 0·1 oz., inclusive .. 0·1
30 oz. and 20 oz. .. .. 1 0·05 oz. to 0·02 oz., inclusive .. 0·05
10 oz. .. .. 0·7 0·01 oz. .. .. .. 0·02
5 oz. .. .. 0·5 0·005 oz. to 0·001 oz., inclusive 0·01
4 oz. and 3 oz. .. .. 0·4


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