The French metric system is the official standard of weights and measures and is in use in the custom-houses of the republic and in foreign trade, but the old units are still commonly used among the people.
The weights and measures were still Russian, but the introduction of the metric system was contemplated in 1921.
The metric system was also introduced, mainly for railway purposes, in 1870 and 1871 (Indian Acts).
Mexico adopted the metric system in 1862, and it is used in all official transactions, land measurements, railway calculations and public school work.
The metric system of weights and measures has been adopted so widely that it forms the most suitable basis for the titrage or counts of yarns.
