448 



ANNUAL REPORT OP THE 



Off. l>oc. 



The cases of departure of goods from their guaranteed composition 

 observed this season, including only those cases in which it amounted 

 to two-tenths per cent, or more, were as follows: 



Summary of Instances of Deficiency from Guaranty. 



Deficient in four constituents, 



Deficient in tliree constituents, 



Deficient in two constituent* 



Deficient in one constituent, 



'Total number of samples iu wliich deficiencies occur, . 



01 



a 

 o 



a 

 o 

 o 



O 



11 

 11 



The cases of deficiency noted during the past eleven seasons in the 

 composition of goods as compared with their guaranties, expressed 

 in percentage of the total number of goods of each class analyzed, 

 are as follows : 



Complete fertilizer, .. 



Dissolved bone, 



Book and potasb, 



Dissolved rock 



Ground bone 



All classes except 

 miscelleaneous, 



33.1 

 50.0 

 26.7 

 23.3 



47.8 



32.0 



*Only two samples analyzed for which no guarantees are reported. 



A comparison of the average composition of all samples of com- 

 plete fertilizers for which guaranties are recorded with the average 

 of the corresponding guaranties, for several seasons past, including 

 those of this season, follows: 



