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" A " and " B " came from the same purchaser, and were 

 exceedingly high in oil. The cake was bought from a dealer 

 in the Midlands, the price being 9^. 2s. 'od. per ton delivered. 

 It was said to be Peruvian decorticated cotton cake. "C," on 

 the contrary, was a dark-coloureil, old cake, containing far too 

 much woody fibre to be properly called " decorticated." " D " 

 was even worse, though guaranteed to contain 8 per cent, 

 of oil and -lO per cent, albuminoids, and costing 8Z. 12s. 6rf. 

 per ton delivered, an absurd price for a cake of such quality. 



2. Palm Nut Cake and Meal. 



The following analyses, though not made during the year, 

 are given for information as showing how the quality of palm 

 nut cake and meal may vary according to the extent to which 

 the oil has been expressed. In the case of meal it sometimes 

 happens that the oil is extracted by chemical solvents, and 

 that, consequently, very little oil is left in the meal. 



3. Cocoa- Nut Cake. 

 Analyses of samples of this were as follows :- 



