To the Editor of the "Nonra-Omisa Dairy News., 8in,—I wonder if it has strack you in the matter of the malpractices which exist in this model of all model settlements, viz. the tiny little balance of the scale either Troy or Avordupois; feel sure, were the ladies to find out how mach short weight they had received in the course of twelve months in their provision and sundry hot hold accounts they woald go into a "fit," and some would remark " who would have thought it, Of course, at home it is different, where you have Inspectors going their daily rounds adjusting and inspecting scales, eto. Would it not be well to have an examination jast to see for curiosity sake how many woold figure 10 and oven 20 per cent on their own side of the scale Tam, et Shanghai, October 10,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.