MEASUREMENTS, Nanking, May 15, 'A ruling newly adopted by the Ministry of Industry regarding the provisional use of British weights (pound) and measures (yard), has been given by the Ministry in reply to an Inquiry from the Shanghai Silk Merchants Guild. The provisional use of British weights and measures 1s, authorized and permitted only. for the exportation of native products abroad. 'They are not to be used In transactions wherein the native produiets are not exported, as the general rule requires the use' of the metric standard weights and "measures as fixed by the Government—Kuo Min,
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