According to the metric system of weights and measures the following are the approximate equivalents for the English imperial standards of weights and measures, viz.
Use of Weights and Measures of Metric System.-
Although by the Weights and Measures Act of 1878 it was provided that every contract, sale, or dealing for work done or goods sold should be according to the Imperial weights or measures, and if not so made should be void, it has since been enacted-by the Weights and Measures (.Metric System) Act of 1897 -that the use in trade of a weight or measure of the metric system shall be lawful, notwithstanding the provision just quoted from the Act of 1878.