Weights of Smyrna.-The following standard, reported by the U. S. Consul at Smyrna, was adopted by the Treasury Department June 7, 1876. (S. S., 2846.) "In reply I have to state that the most accurate information I have been able to obtain upon the subject has been derived from a table of equivalents in standard weights, prepared several years ago by Edward Purser, chief engineer and director of the Smyrna and Aidin Railway, and which has been adopted by both of the Ottoman railways and by the leading merchants of Smyrna. "The standard oke of Turkey, by this table, is equal to two pounds and eight hundred and thirty-one thousandths avoirdupois (23), consequently the Smyrna kintal of forty-five okes (45), of three hundred and eighty drachms (380), is equal to one hundred and twenty-one and twenty-five thousandths pounds avoirdupois (121785). "It is proper that I should mention that the legal kintal of Constantinople is forty-four okes (44) of four hundred drachms, equal to one hundred and twenty-four and five hundred and sixty-four thousandths pounds avoirdupois (12456 56), as given by Mr. Purser in the table of equivalents above referred to. The Constantinople kintal, however, has not been adopted at Smyrna in wholesale transactions." TABLE OF MISCELLANEOUS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, WITH EQUIVALENTS. [The data for the following table are derived principally from Alexander's "Universal Dic tionary of Weights and Measures," published by D. Van Nostrand, New York.] Capacity of Ale, Beer, and Porter-Bottles.-Under Department letter of August 7th, 1875 (S. S., 2384), the average of so-called quart bottles of malt liquors was fixed at 211⁄2 gallons per doz., and of so-called pint bottles at 14 gallons per doz., unless actual gauge showed a different result. The following table, exhibiting the average gauge of the principal brands of ale, beer, and porter, in bottles, was issued April 7, 1876, by the Treasury Department to be followed by customs officers, unless an actual gauge shall show a different result: R. Younger's extra-strong Edinburgh ale, in stone.. Jeffrey's sparkling Edinburgh ale, in stone... Alsop's ale, bottled by Cameron & Saunders, in glass Bass & Co.'s bottled by N. B. Foster & Sons, in glass...... Bass & Co.'s bottled by Byass, in glass.. Bass & Co.'s Burton afe, bottled by Dankes & Co., in glass. Bass & Co.'s Champagne ale, bottled by Byass, in glass... Bass & Co.'s al, bottled by E. & G. Hibbert (in champagne bottles). 3.200 Guinness's extra stout, bottled by James McCullagh, Son & Co., in glass. McCullagh's extra Dublin stout, bottled by James McCullagh, Son & Co., in glass.. D'Arcy s Dublin extra stout, bottled by P. Redmond & Co., in glass..... Best stout porter, bottled by R. B. Byass, in glass....... Frydenland's brewery pale ale, in glass (agents and shippers, Halst & Fleischer, Christina)... ivoli beer, exported by Julius Grossman, Hamburg.. Guinness's stout and Bass's ale, bottled by E. & J. Burke (S S., 2819).. FEBRUARY 12, 1873. (UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL. XVII, p. 424.) CHAP. CXXXI.—An Act revising and amending the Laws relative to the Mints, Assay-Offices, and Coinage of the United States. SECTION 13. That the standard for both gold and silver coins of the United States shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall be of pure metal and one hundred of alloy; and the alloy of the silver coins shall be of copper, and the alloy of the gold coins shall be of copper, or of copper and silver; but the silver shall in no case exceed one-tenth of the whole alloy. SECTION 14. That the gold coins of the United States shall be a one-dollar piece, which, at the standard weight of twenty-five and eight-tenth grains, shall be the unit of value; a quarter-eagle, or two-and-a-half dollar piece; a three-dollar piece; a half-eagle, or fivedollar piece; an eagle, or ten-dollar piece; and a double-eagle, or twenty-dollar piece. And the standard weight of the gold dollar shall be twenty-five and eight-tenths grains; of the quarter-eagle, or two-and-a-half dollar piece, sixty-four and a half grains; of the three-dollar piece, seventy-seven and four-tenths grains; of the half-eagle, or five-dollar piece, one hundred and twenty-nine grains; of the eagle, or ten-dollar piece, two hundred and fifty-eight grains; of the double-eagle, or twenty-dollar piece, five hundred and sixteen grains; which coins shall be a legal tender in all payments at their nominal value when not below the standard weight and limit of tolerance provided in this act for the single piece, and, when reduced in weight, below said standard and tolerance, shall be a legal tender at valuation in proportion to their actual weight; and any gold coin of the United States, if reduced in weight by natural abrasion not more than one-half of one per centum below the standard weight prescribed by law, after a circulation of twenty years, as shown by its date of coinage, and at a ratable proportion for any period less than twenty years, shali be received at their nominal value by the United States treasury and its offices, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe for the protection of the government against fraudulent abrasion or other practices; and any gold coins in the treasury of the United States reduced in weight below this limit of abrasion shall be recoined. SECTION 15. That the silver coins of the United States shall be a trade-dollar, a halfdollar, or fifty-cent piece, a quarter-dollar or twenty-five cent piece, a dime, or ten-cent piece; and the weight of the trade dollar shall be four hundred and twenty grains troy; the weight of the half-dollar shall be twelve grams (grammes) and one-half of a gram (gramme); the quarter-dollar and the dime shall be, respectively, one-half and one-fifth of the weight of said half-dollar; and said coins shall be a legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding five dollars in any one payment. SECTION 16. That the minor coins of the United States shall be a five-cent piece, a threecent piece, and a one-cent piece, and the alloy for the five and three cent pieces shall be of copper and nickel, to be composed of three-fourths copper and one-fourth nickel, and the alloy of the one-cent piece shall be ninety-five per centum of copper and five per centum of tin and zinc, in such proportions as shall be determined by the Director of the Mint. The weight of the piece of five cents shall be seventy-seven and sixteen-hundredths grains, troy; of the three-cent piece, thirty grains; and of the one-cent piece, forty-eight grains; which coins shall be a legal tender, at their nominal value, for any amount not exceeding twentyfive cents in any one payment. SECTION 17. That no coins, either of gold, silver, or minor coinage, shall hereafter be issued from the mint other than those of the denominations, standards, and weights herein set forth. SECTION 18. That upon the coins of the United States there shall be the following devices and legends: Upon one side there shall be an impression emblematic of liberty, with an inscription of the word "Liberty," and the year of the coinage, and upon the reverse shall be the figure or representation of an eagle, with the inscriptions "United States of America" and E Pluribus Unum," and a designation of the value of the coin; but on the gold dollar and three-dollar piece, the dime, five, three, and one-cent piece, the figure of the eagle shall be omitted; and on the reverse of the silver trade-dollar, the weight and fineness of the coin shall be inscribed; and the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may cause the motto "In God we trust," to be inscribed upon such coins as shall admit of such motto; and any one of the foregoing inscriptions may be on the rim of the gold and silver coins. SECTION 36. That in adjusting the weights of the gold coins, the following deviations shall not be exceeded in any single piece. In the double-eagle and the eagle, one-half of a grain; in the half-eagle, the three-dollar piece, the quarter-cagle, and the one-dollar piece, one-fourth of a grain. And in weighing a number of pieces together, when delivered by the coiner to the superintendent, and by the superintendent to the depositor, the deviation |