HC Deb 10 August 1857 vol 147 c1291
SIR WILLIAM VERNER

said, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if it was his intention, on the part of the Government, to bring in a Bill to assimilate Weights and Measures in Ireland next Session?

MR. H. A. HERBERT

said, a Bill had been prepared for the regulation of Fairs and Markets in Ireland which contained a clause equalizing Weights and Measures all over Ireland, so far as Fairs and Markets were concerned. He was not aware of any intention on the part of the Government to introduce any other measure on that subject.