159. DEFINATIONS. -For the purposes of this Part, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) “Count” in relation to yarn means the relation of length to weight thereof either in the English system or metric system, as follows:
(i) The English count for yarn shall be the number of hanks each of 840 yards in length that weigh one pound avoirdupois or in other words the number of yards of yarn weigh 8.3 grains.
(ii) The metric count for all yarn with the exception of raw and prepared silk shall represent the relation between 1,000 metres of yarn to 500 grammes or 2 metres to 1 grammes or in other words half the number of hanks (each of 1,000 metres in length) that weigh 500 grammes.
The English system of counts may be converted into the metric system of counts and vice versa by the following formula:
The English count No. of yarn xO.847-the Metric count.
The Metric count No. of yam x 1. 181 -the English count.
(iii) The metric count for raw and prepared silk shall be weight in grammes of 10,000 metres of yarn;
(b) “Customs collector” shall have the meaning assigned to the term in the Sea Customs Act, 1878.
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