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Section IX What deemed a Bushel of Malt,

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and charged and returned as such.

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 and declared by the Authority aforesaid That by the Bushell in this Act mentioned is meant and intended a Bushell according to the Standard remaining in the Custody of the Chamberlains of His Majesties Exchequer commonly called or known by the Name of the Winchester Bushell and that the Quantity of Barley or other Corn or Grain taken by the Gauge according to such Bushell in any Cistern Utingfat Utensil or other Vessell wherein such Barley or other Corn or Grain 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