SHORT WEIGHTS.
To the Editor of the 'Evening Maid.' Sir —Some time back there appeared a letter in your paper about short weights and measures, but, as far as I know, nothing has been done to remedy the evil. Our butter is mostly from half an ounce to an ounce short of a pound. In my family we use 4lbs per week, or about 200lbs a year, making a loss to me of about 12s a year. The bread is from loz.to 2ozs short in a two pound loaf; we use on an average 24 loaves per week, which makes at 1 oz per loaf 781bs, for which I have to pay, but do not get, equal to thirteen shillings. I hear that groceries, too, are always a little short in weight. But the greatest of all false weights and measures is in some of the hop gardens, where the poorest of the people toil hard the whole day, and their work is measured with a bushel which, instead of eight gallons (Imperial bushel), contains from ten to twelve gallons. I want to know who is responsible for these doings, which are practised year after year among us. Can you or any of your readers suggest a remedy?—l am, &c, Father op a Family. Nelson, March 19.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 67, 19 March 1877, Page 2
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