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Coal may be sold by weight only by the (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 21), s. 20. The seller delivers a weight ticket for the whole quantity sold, Kyle v. Dunsdon, (1908) 2 KB 293. The weighing is to take place at the premises of the seller, not on delivery at the premises of the purchaser, Knowles v. Sinclair, 1898 (1) QB 170. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. As to the validity of bye-laws requiring coal carts to carry weighing machines, see Kent County Council v. Humphrey, 1895 (1) QB 903; Alty v. Farrell, 1896 (1) QB 636.