The owner of this textbook, Cornelius Cooke Reed, was an early settler. He was born in England and lived and died at Portland, Victoria (ca. 1880 - 23 June 1876). The book was used with gauging tools to calculate the quantity of liquid in a cask or barrel. The calculation could then be used to charge a fee or tax. The book would have been used in the 18th or 19th centuries, when Customs and Tariffs were calculated manually.This book is important for its use in the centuries before modern technology. It was used to calculate the quantity of liquid in a container such as a cask or barrel. It would have been used to work out alcohol taxes or charges for freight and cartage. It represents an early mathematical reference, which was later replaced by slide rules, calculators and computers. It is significant as a rare example of an early textbook used for ullaging.Book Title: Explanation and Use of The Tables for Measurement of Casks Brown, hardcover book with dark tape on front cover beside the spine. The front inside endpaper has handwritten inscriptions. It is taped along its inside edge to the next page. Inscriptions are throughout the book. The book was once owned by Cornelius Cooke Reed, Portland. It is well-worn and has been repaired.Handwritten signatures: "Cornelius Cooke Reed"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, explanation and use of the tables for measurement of casks, book, casks, measurement of casks, text book, reference book, tables of measurement, cargo, customs tax, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, cornelius cook reed, ullage, cornelius cooke reed'