Hakari-za was allowed to collect money of ichibu per scale as the cost of the stamp, but later the test of old scale was abolished and it was prohibited to hide old scales or to use inaccurate scales.
この際に秤座は印賃として1挺ごとに金1分を徴収することを許可されたが、のちに古秤の検定は廃止されて古秤の隠匿や偽秤も禁じられた。