Bolton's Mauritius Almanac, and Official Directory

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A.J. Tennant, 1852

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Page 59 - By comparing the number of grains in the Avoirdupois and Troy pound and ounce respectively, it appears that the Troy pound is less than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 14 to 17 nearly ; but the Troy ounce is greater than the Avoirdupois, in the proportion of 79 to 72 nearly. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3JL grains. The term, however, when used to express the fineness of gold, has a relative meaning only.
Page 175 - ARTICLES OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURE, and any packages of such articles, bearing any names, brands, or marks, being or purporting to be the names, brands, or marks of manufacturers resident in the United Kingdom...
Page 69 - The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3$ grains. The term, however, when used to express the fineness of gold, has a relative meaning only. Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts ; thus the standard...
Page 174 - Provisions and Stores of every description imported or supplied for the use of Her Majesty's Land and Sea Forces, or ibr the Colonial Government.
Page 69 - These are the denominations of Troy Weight when used for weighing gold, silver, and precious stones (except diamonds). But Troy Weight is also used by Apothecaries in compounding medicines, and by them the ounce is divided into 8 drams, and the dram into 3 scruples, so that the scruple is equal to 20 grains. For scientific purposes...
Page 175 - Provided always that no such books shall be prohibited to be imported as aforesaid, unless the proprietor of such copyright, or his agent, shall have given notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs that such copyright subsists, and in such notice shall have stated when the copyright will expire...
Page 161 - ... of customs that they are the identical goods exported from Mauritius; and provided the property of such goods continue in the person by whom or on whose account the same were exported.
Page 175 - Books wherein the copyright shall be first subsisting, first composed or written or printed, in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other country...
Page 161 - ARMS, or UTENSILS of WAR, prohibited to be imported, except from the United Kingdom or from some other British Possession.
Page 159 - WATERS of all sorts, viz. for every gallon of such spirits or strong waters of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.

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