SUBSTANCE

OF THE

REPORT

FROM THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 28 th May, 1821 .*

The Select Committee recommend : —

That the subdivisions of weights and measures em-ployed in this country be retained, as being far betteradapted to common practical purposes than thedecimal scale.

That the parliamentary brass standard of three feet,

* Founded on the Third Report of the Commissioners ap-pointed to consider the subject of weights and measures.

(Signed,) George Clerk,

Davies Gilbert ,Wm. H. Wollaston,Thomas Young ,Henry Kater .

Ordered to be printed, 5th April, 1821.

The Appendix to the Second Report of the Commissionerscontains a comparison of the customary measures employedthroughout the country.