# Taxation (No. 4) Act 1696, Section XLV: Description of the Winchester Bushel.


And to the End all His Majesties Subjects may know the Content of the Winchester Bushell whereunto this Act referrs and that all Disputes and Differences about Measure may be prevented for the future Itt is hereby declared That every round Bushel with a plain and even Bottom being Eighteen Inches and a Halfe wide throughout & Eight Inches deep shall be esteemed a legal Winchester Bushel according to the Standard in His Majesties Excheq[uer].

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/22/section/XLV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-no-4-act-1696-aep-will38-9-22/section-XLV
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