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and that those new denominations of standards, when approved by Her Majesty in Council, shall be Board of Trade standards in like manner as if they were mentioned in the said schedule:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Board of Trade that a new denomination of standard measure of three imperial gallons, being a multiple of the imperial measure of capacity of & gallon ascertained by the said Act, is required, in addition to the denominations of standards mentioned in the second schedule to the said Act:

And whereas they have caused the said new denomination of standard to be made and duly verified:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said Act, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to approve of the three-gallon measure as a new denomination of standard, and doth direct that the same shall be a Board of Trade standard in like manner as if it was mentioned in the second schedule to the Weights and Measures Act, 1878.

C. L. Peel.

ORDER IN COUNCIL EXEMPTING THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 27, SUB-SECTION (a) OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1889.

At the Court at Windsor, the 1st day of May 1890.

PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas by the thirtieth section of the Weights and Measures Act, 1889, it is enacted that Her Majesty the Queen may, from time to time, on the application of the local authority for any area, and on being satisfied that the provisions made by or under any local Act in force at the commencement of the Weights and Measures Act, 1889,[1] with respect to the sale of coal in that area, are more stringent than the corresponding provisions of the said Act, by Order in Council exempt that area from the provisions of the second part of the Act to such extent, and under such conditions, as may appear to Her Majesty in Council expedient:

And whereas it has been made to appear, and Her Majesty has been satisfied, that the provisions of the eighty-sixth section of the Nottingham Improvement Act, 1874,[2] with respect to the distance to which coals in carts may be required to be carried to be re-weighed are more stringent than the corresponding provisions of the Weights and Measures Act, 1889:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers vested in Her by the said Weights and Measures Act, 1889,* by and

  1. ↑ 52 & 58 Vict. c. 21.
  2. ↑ 87 & 38 Vict. c. cxciv.
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