The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1949
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 21th April, 1949
No. 8/9/49-Judl.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of Delhi Laws Act, 1912 (XII of 1912), the Central Government is pleased to direct that the Orissa Weights and Measures Act, 1943 (Orissa Act VII of 1948). shall be extended to the province of Delhi subject to the following modification, namely: —
For the first and second Schedules the following Schedule shall be substitu- ted, namely:—
"SCHEDULE
STANDARD MEASURES
1. Standard Measures of Capacity,
(a) Dry measures based on the Punjab tola.
The Punjab tola of 180 grains. The Punjab seer of 80 tolas. The Punjab maund of 40 seers.
(b) Dry measures based on the English avoirdupois.
The pound avoirdupois equal to 7,000 grains-
(c) Wet measures based on the British Standard pound.
The Imperial gallon, which contains 10 British Standard pounds of water.
Multiples of dry measures in (a) above.
1, 2, 5, 10, 20 seers
5 tolas (one chhattak).
10 tolas (two chattaks=½ pao).
20 tolas (four chattaks=l pao).
40 tolas (eight chhattaks=½ seer),
Multiples of dry measures in (b) above,
1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28 pounds (one quarter)
56, 112 pounds (one hundred-weightl.
2,240 pounds (one ton).
740 THE GA.ZETTE OF INDIA, EXTBAOBDINARY, APRIL 27, 1649- Sub-multiples of measures in (b) above. i, i, 1, 2, 4 and 8 ounces. {1 lb.=16 ounces.)$ub-multiples of measures in (o) above
i (quart), ^ (pint) of a gallon.
NOTE.-—For tlio liquid muasures, the Punjab geer and the Punjab tola witii its multiples and sub-multiples and the Imperial gallon with itn Bub-multjplea as given above, will be considered a* the standard niousurea.
Explanation of dry and wet measures,
1. The unit for measure shall be the standard grain that i" to Hay, that weight which when multiplied by 1799-84585 is the weight in vaouo of the iridio-platinurn cylinder in the cusiody of ibe Mint Master, Bombay^ certified by the Standards Department of the British Board of Trade as having a weight of 1799.84585 grains in vacuo.
2. The equivalent value of the above mentioned iridio-platinum cylinder when •veighed in Standard Indiin Air against Brass weights having n specific gravity of 81:48 is 1,800,.00894 grains, that is a brass weight whose value in vacuo is 1,800.00894 grains will exactly equilibrate the above-mentioned iridio- platinain cylinder ha Standard Indian Air.
8. Since the Punjab tola equals 180 grains in vaouo its absolute value is equivalent to .10000856 of the absolute value of the above mentioned iridio- platinuin cylinder. But in practice, all verifications against the above mention- ed iridio-pJatinum cylinder are carried out by weighments in air, and therefore the value 1,800'00894 grains is always ased for verifying weights.
4. Standard Indian Air is defined as follows:—
Temperature 85 deg. Fahr. 29.41 deg. Gent. Pressure: A column of mer- cury at 0 deg. C. 29.8 inches or 768.919 mm. in height. Carbondi&x. gas. 0 0006 of the volume of air Vapour tension: 0.76 inob.esjl9.05 mm. Latitude at Calcutta 22° 85" 6.6" height above M.B.L.^22.6 feet, 1 litre of standard Indian Air at CEdoutta weighs 1:14917 grmH. 5. For the purposes of wet measures the Punjab seer is equivalent to the volume occupied by 80 tolas of air-free distilled water weighed in Standard Indian Air against brass weights having a specific gravity of 8:148.
6. The unit of capacity called the Imperial gallon contains ten British Standard pounds of water at 62° F., being in volume 277:274 cub. in., which contains each 252:724 grains of water in a vacuum at 62° or 252:458 grains of water weighed with then brass weights in air of 62° with the barometer at 80 in.
II. Standard Measures of length
The standard measure of length shall be the yard, which is exactly equal to the certified yard kept in the oustody of the Mint Master, Bombay/Officer Incharge, Mathematical Instrument Office, Calcutta.
Multiples of the yard.—.
220 yards (one furlong), 1,700 yards (one mile).
Sub-multiple—
J of a yard (one foot), 1/86 of a yard (one inch).