§ MR. W. JACKS (Stirlingshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether, in reference to the necessity of having dial cattle-weighing machines kept in proper working order, the powers of local authorities under the Weights and Measures Acts apply to the private premises of auctioneers as well as to public markets; and whether such auctioneers having inaccurate machines on their premises render themselves liable to prosecution in the same way as any ordinary merchant who uses false scales, weights, or measures?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. T. BURT,) MorpethThe Board of Trade could offer no authoritative opinion as to the construction of the Weights and Measures Acts, but so far as they are advised, they are of opinion that these Acts apply to all premises where trade is carried on, and that auctioneers having inaccurate weighing machines on their premises for use in trade may render themselves liable to prosecution.