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(1) There shall be the following standard weights, namely:- (a) The standard tola, being a weight of 180 standard grains. (b) The standard seer, being a weight of 80 standard tolas or 14,400 standard grains. (c) The standard maund, being a weight of 40 standard seers. (d) The standard pound avoirdupois, being a weight of 7,000 standard grains. 9 (e) The standard ounce avoirdupois, being one-sixteenth part of the weight of a standard pound avoirdupois. (f) The standard hundred-weight, being a weight of 112 standard pounds avoirdupois. (g) The standard ton, being a weight of 2,240 standard pounds avoirdupois. Part II As multiples and sub-multiples of the Standard Weights in Part I above:- (a) Multiples of the tola :- 5 tolas ... ... ... ... 1 chhatak, 10 tolas ... ... ... ... 2 chhataks or half powa. 20 tolas ... ... ... ... 1 powa. 40 tolas ... ... ... ... 1/2 seer. ( b) Sub-multiples of the tola :- 1/2 tola ... ... ... ... 6 mashas. 1/4 " ... ... ... ... 3 ". 1/12 " ... ... ... ... l masha. 1/16 " ... ... ... ... 1 anna. =6 ratis. 1/24 " ... ... ... ... 1/2 masha or 4 ratis. 1/96 " ... ... ... ... 1 rati. (c) Multiples of the seer:- 5 seer ... ... ... ... 1 panseri or pasuri. 20 " ... ... ... ... 1/2 maund. Standard Indian Air is defined as follows :- Temperature,-85 deg. Fahr. 29.44 deg. cent. Pressure.- A column of Mercury at 0 deg. C.29·8 inches or 756-919 mm. in height. Carbon dioxide gas.- 0·0006 of the volume of the air. Vapour tension.- 0·75 inches: 19-05 mm. Latitude at Calcutta 22° 35' 6·6". Height above M. S. L. 22.6 feet. One litre of Standard Indian Air at Calcutta weights l•14917 grm, 10 THE SECOND SCHEDULE REPEAL AND AMENDMENTS (See Section 34) Enactment amended Title of the Act Amendments