CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 23 



LOCAL ANALYTICAL ASSOCIATIONS. 



At the General Meeting of the Society held on 19th January 1881, the 

 following resolutions were passed : — 



I. "With the view of encouraging, as well as regulating the conduct of, 

 Local Analytical Associations, the Society shall contribute from its funds 

 towards their expenses a sum for the present not exceeding £250 annually. 



II. That the amount of such contribution shall be to each association at 

 the rate of 5s. for each full analysis, and 2s. 6d. for each partial analysis of 

 manures or feeding stuffs effected, or such proportion thereof as the above 

 annual contribution may permit of, the pecuniary assistance thus contem- 

 plated to be subject to the following conditions being complied with to the 

 satisfaction of the Chemical Committee : — 



1. That the rules of the association be submitted to and approved of by 

 the Chemical Committee. 



2. That it be a condition of participating in the grant that the association 

 make analyses for members of the Highland and Agricultural Society being 

 farmers and not members of the local association, charging them the cost 

 price to the association, less the amount recovered from the Society. 



3. That the association is managed by a committee of practical farmers 

 owning or occupying land in the district. 



4. That the analyst employed is of acknowledged standing. 



5. That the benefits of the grant sliall apply only to analyses made for 

 farmers, and that they subscribe towards the expenses of the association, 

 subject to the exception in No. 2. 



6. That each analysis represents at least 2 tons of bulk actually purchased 

 under guarantee, or at a specified price per unit of valuable ingredients, and 

 delivered to one or more members, and that the analysis has been made 

 from a sample drawn in accordance witli the j^ublished instructions of the 

 Society, and that a sealed duplicate sample has been retained. 



7. That with each analysis is furnished the names and addresses of the 

 seller and of the buyer or buyers, the guarantee given, the cash or credit 

 price at which bought, the place of delivery, and the result as determined 

 by the analyst of the association. 



8. That in the case of any manufactured manure reported upon, the seller 

 shall be obliged to supply members of the association with a furtlier quan- 

 tity at the same price and terms, provided the order is given not later than 

 one month after the parcel reported upon has been delivered and the quan- 

 tity in all does not exceed 20 tons. 



9. Tliat all analyses be reported according to forms to be furnished by the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society, and valuations of manures, if any are 

 made, to be calculated on a uniform standard to be issued periodically by 

 the Society, and at least once a year. 



III. That a summary of all analyses for which the Society has contributed 

 payment, and full details of such as sliall appear to the Chemical Committee 

 worthy of notice, shall be published each year in the Transact ians. But 

 before such publication is niaile, in the case of all which show an inferiority 

 in the whole valuable constituents of 8 per cent, or upwards between the 

 guarantee given and the analysis obtainecl, there may be at the option of the 

 Heller, to whom due notice will be given, a further analysis made by an in- 

 dependent chemist to be chosen by the Society. 



The re]>ort of each analysis for which a grant is claimed must be sent to 

 the Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society on or before the 1st 

 November of each year, writtiii on a schedule (copies of which will be 

 supplied by the Society) containing the following particulars : — 



