Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1881

Mode of testing in cases of obscuration.

8. In any case where by reason of the presence of colouring, sweetening, or other matter, the correct strength of any spirit cannot be immediately ascertained by Sykes's hydrometer, a sample of such spirit may be distilled or treated by such other process as the Commissioners of Customs may direct, so that the true strength of the spirit may be ascertained by the said hydrometer.

[Ss. 9–12 are by s. 13 substituted for corresponding sections of 39 & 40 Vict. c. 36, and will be found in that Act.]