Show URGING TRADE PROGRESS british want the tha decimal nad and the metric systems london juno 12 11 the following are arc the tha resolutions adopted by tho the chamber of commerce of oc the british empire regarding tho the adoption of the metric sy system stent whereas the british currency system of penn pounds shillings pence and farthings far things 1 Is a source of cons constant annoyance and loss of time to tho the trades trade especially to tho the foreign trade w who Is 0 havo adopted a decimal etem system and where whereas tho the system of dollars and cents now covers tho the whole ot of tho the not tit american continent with a 9 population of 0 7 au 0 of inglish eollo rc bo be it that tho the canadian decimal of cu wincy aich nelch answers answer all pit fl ho he extended to tho the other portions of the iho british empire the pound bt urling to bo be equal to V 0 o and the tha oL hIlling to 25 curits where whereat aa tho the british system of weights a and e which garleb constantly ast in every part of tho the british imp r li I 1 a source of constant annoyance loss of time lima and a formidable ob obstacle stacle to local I 1 R serial and foreign trade and N tho the metric system lias has now been universally recognized afta a tho the most perfect decimal system and generally Bno rally by nations of both fl wit with tho the exception of the ilia brulah h LImp limperis tris and tho the united stated of america bo be it resolved that the iho metric system of weights and rocas urea es be adopted without f urther delay by tho the several bovez amen us of the empire the yard being to tho the metre tho the quart to tile iho illmann tho the two pound felcht to tho the kilogram |