165. Allowances for peculiarities of cloth and for stretching.- (1) In taking the measurements aforesaid the peculiarities of the cloth under measure shall be taken into consideration and due allowances be made for these characteristics. (2) If owing to the peculiarities of the cloth it is found difficult to determine a reasonable degree of tension for purposes of measurement, the mean between stretching to the full and not stretching, shall be adopted. (3) The influence of stretching for length on the width shall always be taken into account in measuring cloth. Where the cloth has been stretched lengthwise in the making, it will lose in length as the weft is straightened to measure the width. It may then have to be ascertained, whether the trade description of length does not become false in the process of making that for width correct. To ascertain this a measurement along the selvages both lengthwise and across shall be made. |