298 Qaartcrhj Report of tlte Chemical Committee for December. 



and analysis will be found set forth in full, so that our client does not fear 

 iniblicity." 



The prospectus, after setting forth the superiority of the 

 manure, states, in the first paragraph on the second page, as 

 follows : — 



Complete reliance may be placed on its uniform quality and 

 on the genuineness of the testimonials, but the proprietor does 

 not undertake that in every case an equally satisfactory result 

 will attend its use, and any disappointment felt in respect to it 

 shall not be a cause for non-payinent or for compensation. 



After further description of the qualities of the " Economical 

 Manure," statement as to its discovery, directions as to its 

 use, &c., follow a large number of testimonials selected from 

 nearly 4000. 



This prospectus, and the other necessary documents, were 

 forwarded by Mr. Webster's solicitor to counsel, who gave his 

 ■opinion as follows : — 



" The plaintiff seems to have guarded himself by a passage in his prospectus 

 (page 2). * He does not undertake that in every case an equally satisfactory 

 result will attend its use, and any disappointment felt in respect to it shall 

 not be a cause for non-payment or for compensation.' I think, therefore, that 

 the manure is not warranted, and it was the buyer's business to satisfy him- 

 self as to the qualitj-, and I recommend him to pay." 



The Committee wish to point out to purchasers of manures the 

 necessity for insisting upon a guarantee that they contain those 

 fertilising properties, w^ithout which, as is well known, all sub- 

 stances are valueless as manures. They also recommend pur- 

 chasers who rely upon testimonials to ascertain that they contain 

 comparative statements of trials made under identical conditions. 

 The testimonials, to be of any real value as a guide to purchasers, 

 should also give the results obtained by the use of the material 

 employed as contrasted with those obtained without its use, or 

 with some other material in the place of it. 



This report was adopted, and on the motion of Mr. W. W ells, 

 seconded Ijy Mr. E. Bowly, it was ordered to be printed in the 

 usual agricultural newspapers. 



