Comparative Institutions
Similar bodies were instituted in other jurisdictions around the world:
- Australia - Metric Conversion Board (1970)
- Canada - the Metric Commission
- New Zealand - Metric Advisory Board (1970)
- South Africa - Metrication Advisory Board (1967)
- United States of America - the United States Metric Board
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