§ SIR WILLIAM VERNERsaid, he wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland if the Bill for the regulation of Weights and Measures in Ireland, which was promised by the late Chief Secretary for Ireland, at the commencement of the Session, in a few days to be laid on the table of the House, is now ready, and when it may be expected to be presented to the House?
§ MR. H. A. HERBERTsaid, he was not aware that it had been contemplated to introduce a Bill for the exclusive object of regulating weights and measures in Ireland; but a Bill had been prepared, which 1463 he hoped to be able to lay on the table shortly, not with the view of passing it this Session, but for the purpose of circulation in Ireland, for the regulation of fairs and markets in Ireland. That Bill would contain a clause rendering the use of the imperial standard measure in all fairs and markets imperative.
§ SIR WILLIAM VERNERsaid, that that Bill had nothing to do with weights and measures.