lbs. oz. dwts.
A Peck Loaf weighs 17 6 2
Half do. 8 11 1
Quartern do. 4 5 8
Half Quartern do. 2 2 12
Note.—By a late act, Bakers in London and within 10 miles thereof
are to sell bread by the _pound only_, and are obliged to keep
scales and weights in their shops, at all times, and to weigh every
loaf, in the presence of the customer, before they deliver it,
whether requested so to do or not, under severe penalties. In every
other part of the kingdom bread is sold by weight, according to the
above table.
By a former act, whatever is the price of the best wheat in
shillings, so many pence must be the price of the quartern loaf,
(with one penny more for baking.) And, when the best wheaten bread
is sold at 8d., the standard should be sold for 7d., and the
household for 6d.