Flour is
p. 103 · Read in the full issue
now in kilos
Australian exporters of flour to the Pacific Islands “went metric” on October 1. These millers, from Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, were first to go over to the new system.
To make matters easier for the importers, the bags carry both metric and imperial weights.
The old 150 lb jute sack has been abolished and replaced by a 50 kilo sack (equal to about 110 lb). A 25 kilo calico bag (about 55 lb), re places the 50 lb calico bag; and a 10 kilo bag (about 22 lb) replaces the 25 lb pack.
Other packages for the Pacific Islands are the 17 kilo drum (about 35 lb), and the 5 kilo calico bag, packed 10 to the outer, to give a total weight of about 110 lb.