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Taxation (No. 4) Act 1696

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IX.The Bushel to be according to the Winchester Bushel.

Rule for Return of Bushel of Malt by Officer.

And for the avoiding all Disputes touching the Returns made or to be made by the Gaugers of any Malt as aforesaid Be it enacted [X1and declared] by the Authority aforesaid That by the Bushel in this Act mentioned is ment & intended a Bushell according to the Standard remaining in the Custody of the Chamberlains of His Majesties Excheq[uer] co[m]monly called or knowne by the Name of the Winchester Bushell and that the Quantity of Barley or other Corne or Graine taken by the Gauge according to such Bushell in any Cisterne Uting Fatt Utensil or other Vessell wherein such Barley or other Corne or Graine shall be found wetting or steeping or which shall be found to have been wetted or steeped for the making of Malt shall be charged and returned by the Gauger as so many Bushells of Malt.

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