- The dimensions and drip of every gauged vessel at a warehouse are to be entered in a Gauging and Tabulation Register. This book must show on its front cover the name of the warehouse and the pages are to be examined and certified to be correct before the book is used. The requisite heading must be ruled according to example shown below:An index must be prepared showing the name of every vessel and the page on which the dimensions and tables are entered.When a vessel is first gauged, the date and the names of the persons who gauged it are to be entered at the top of the page on which the dimensions are inserted.The tabulation must how much each vessel holds at every 2.54 cm and in the case of spirit vats, at every tenth of 2.54 cm of its depth reckoning from the bottom.The dipping place and drip of all vessels must frequently be traced in order to detect any alteration in the position of the vessel. The dates of such trials must be entered in the Gauging and Tabulation Register.The true depth of the vessel at the dipping place as found when last gauged must be painted on the cover of the vat.When a vessel is demolished, or its dimension or drip altered, the particulars are to be cancelled in the Gauging and Tabulation Register and underneath must be stated when the tabulation ceased to be used.Tabulation to be examined and signed by the Superintendent of Excise. The officer-in-charge of each warehouse must copy the dimensions and tabulations into another Gauging and Tabulation Register which will be kept by the Superintendent of Excise.No tabulation of contents is to be used until it has been examined and signed by the Superintendent of Excise.A record of all Gauging and Tabulation Register is to be kept on the register of stores.Spirit vessels when gauged for the first time should generally be gauged by the dry method if a depth of more than 1.5 meter and by the wet method if smaller, the gauge points in both cases being permanently marked on the sides of the vat, the dimension ascertained affording a valuable check on gauging by actual measurement. The tabulation should be recorded in the Gauging and Tabulation Register.
