TABLE II. TABLE of the Assize of Bread made of other grain than Wheat. One column contains the prices of the bushel of grain, the allowance for baking included; which prices are either for the Winchester bushel of rye, barley, oats, beans, maslin, alias mis. cellany, consisting of two-thirds wheat and one-third rye; the price of which being known, the magistrates are to add the in tended allowance thereto; the amount of which being found in the first column the weights and the price follow in the corres ponding columns. But observe that where bread is allowed at any time to be made for sale of pease only, the assize and price thereof are to be set and fixed from the bean columns: and where bread is or. dered to be made for sale of a coarse sort of maslin or miscel. Jany grain, consisting of one-third rye, one-third barley, and one-third either pease or beans, the assize and price thereof are to be set and fixed from the barley columns. The table is also framed for bread to be made of the whole produce of the said several grains, except the bran or hull. lb. oz. d. lb. oz d. lb. oz. d. 8 7 3 14 S 10 78 fb. oz. d. Rye. Barley. lb. oz. d. Oats. Beans. Maslin. 23 7 0 25 5 0 11 11 8 31 6 8 26 4 0 6 12 0 3 2 0 8 60 7 0 18 12 0 20 4 0 960 25 2 0 21 0 0 5 10 0 29 12 6 15 8 5 13 4 15 915 16 14 0 7 13 4 20 14 8 17 7 12 3 14 4 10 6 14 11 4 0 5 3 4 13 15 8 11 10 12 10 8 8 4 11 0 4 11 3 14 10 210 9 0 6 10 10 7 4 890 8 11 14 044 Every assize shall be set in avoirdupoise weight, of sixteen Assize to be set ounces to the pound, and the tables shall extend to bread made in avoirdupoise weight. with the flour of wheat mixed with the flower of other grain, as also to bread made with the flour of other grain than wheat, and the assize of all such mixed bread shall be set according to the tables. 31 Geo. 2. c. 29. s. 5. Every corn meter of the city of London, employed in work- Prices of grain ing or measuring and delivering out wheat within the said city how to be cer or the liberties thereof, or the weekly bills of mortality or with tified in Lonin ten miles of the Royal Exchange, shall weekly before 12 at noon on every Monday enter in a book at the corn meter's office a true account in writing of all the wheat weighed and delivered by such corn meter in the course of the preceding week and before 3 in the afternoon a correct return of the wheat so entered, shall be prepared in writing, and certified on oath to the mayor, or left at the cocket office in the Mansion-house by the meal weighers, and also before 3 o'clock be entered by such meal weighers in some book at the town clerk's office: 37 Geo. 3. c. 98. s. 1, 2. Also cornfactors are every week, before 3 in the afternoon of every Friday, to deliver a true account in writing to the meal weighers specifying the quantities and prices of all wheat sold and delivered by them from the Monday to the Saturday incl sive, in the week next preceding such Friday, and every such corn factor shall within one calendar month next after he shall begin to deal, take an oath, or being a quaker, affirm, that he will make such return in the form prescribed by the act, and the lord mayor is to administer the same and grant a certificate there. of to be registered in the town clerk's office; and if any person shall carry on the business of a cornfactor, without taking such path, or so affirming, he shall forfeit 501. 37 Geo. 3. c. 98. s. 5. And weekly before 3 o'clock in the afternoon of every Monday a general return of the quantities and prices of all wheat sold and delivered in the course of the preceding week but one, with the average price, shall be prepared from the same accounts by the meal weighers, or such persons as the court of mayor and aldermen shall appoint, and shall also be entered by such meal weighers in some book at the town clerk's office, 37 Gco. 3. c. 98. s. 4. And no corn meter, meal weigher or person employed in the preparing or keeping of returns, shall permit them to be inspected or made known to any one, without the order of the lord mayor, except only such inagistrates, officers and other persons, as such returns are intended to be inspected and examined by, on pain of forfeiting not exceeding 201, nor less than 101. 37 Geo. 3. c. 98. s. 24. And every baker shall prepare and deliver, weekly, on every Saturday, at the cocket office in the Mansion-house, a true account in writing under his hand, of all meal and flour made of wheat, bought by such baker, within the seven days next pre beding such Saturday, for the purpose of making wheaten bread; specifying in words at length, the street, or other place, and parish, wherein such baker shall carry on his business, the names of the sellers, the respective quantities and sorts, and the prices at which the same shall have been sold; and such account from any baker within the city or bills of mortality, shall be prepared and delivered before eleven of the clock in the forenoon of the Saturday, and from any baker, without the bills of mortality, but within ten miles of the Royal Exchange, shall be sa prepared and delivered before five of the clock in the afternoon. 38 Geo. 3. c. lv. s. 1. And for enabling bakers to prepare such accounts; there shall be provided by the clerk of the cocket office, printed forms of such accounts, and bakers are, on application to the office, to be supplied with such printed forms at one shilling and six pence per hundred. 38 Geo. 3. c. Iv. s. 2. And the further to enable them to prepare such accounts of meal and flour, it is enacted, that upon every delivery of meal or flour to any baker there shall also be delivered a true bill of parcels, signed by the seller or his agent, with the real quanti ties and prices, and day of the month; and in default, every person being a seller, and not delivering such bill of parcels, shall forfeit forty shillings. 37 Geo. 3. c. 98. s. 7. And the prices shall be absolutely fixed at the time of sale, and before the delivery, and shall not depend on the price at any time subsequent to such delivery; and if any person shall sell or buy, or agree to sell or buy, meal or flour contrary hereto, he shall forfeit twenty pounds. 37 Geo. 3. c. 98. s. 8. And every baker within the said limits; shall, within one ca lendar month from the time when he shall begin to make bread, take a certain oath, or, being a quaker, affirm, in the form set forth and directed by the act that he will make such returns, and in particular that he will not use or cause to be used, any alum or other pernicious ingredients in the making of bread or roll to be sold by him, before the lord mayor (whether the baker reside within his jurisdiction or not), or any other justice within whose jurisdiction such baker shall reside, who is to grant a certificate thereof, to be registered in the town clerk's office, without fee; and in case any person shall carry on the trade of a baker, without taking the said oath, or affirming as aforesaid, such person shall forfeit five pounds. 38 Geo. c. lv. s. 4. And if any one who shall take any oath [viz. cornfactors, see s. 5. or bakers as mentioned in this clause s. 2, 4, 7, shall wilfully forswear himself, or shall at any time afterwards, wilfully break any such oath; such person shall be subject to be prosecuted as for perjury. 38 Geo. 3. c. lv. s. 18. Weekly before 3 of the clock in the afternoon of every Monday, a general return of the quantities, sorts, and prices, of all meal and flour made of wheat as shall have been bought by |