MR. LLOYD DAVIESsaid, he would beg to inquire whether it was the intention of Government to introduce a Bill; and, if so, when, making it compulsory that weights and measures throughout England and Wales should be uniform? the loss from the inequality in the sale of corn alone being very great.
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, the general Act which became law last Session upon this subject was directly aimed at the object sought by the hon. Gentleman. The machinery of that Act was the county justices and local inspectors, and although he was sorry to say that the provisions of the Act had been certainly inefficiently enforced, that was the consequence of the absence of proper measures to carry out the law. The Government did not intend to propose any alteration in the law.