On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:43:45 +1000, you wrote: >Does anyone know what the occupation, "Ship Meter" or "Harbour Meter" is? The Oxford English Dictionary has the following definition of "Meter": Meter: A person who or (occas.) thing which measures, a measurer; esp. one responsible for seeing that commodities are traded according to the proper measure. It gives the following examples of this use of the word: 1930: Lynn News & County Press, 23 Sept. 7 - Mr. Akers was a licensed meter ... licensed to weigh and meter goods discharged from ships in port." The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives: Meter: A person who measures; a measurer; esp. a person responsible for seeing that commodities are of the proper measure. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson - British Military Genealogical Researcher. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com