6 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
11. Examination of deposit in spring water. 
12. Examination of peat, to determine its value as a fertilizer, and as 
a source of paraffine or oils. 
13. Examination of cream puffs, for mineral or vegetable poisons, for 
the Board of Health of District of Columbia. 
14, Examination of adulterated tea, for Board of Health of District of 
Columbia. 
15. Examination of Bologna sausage, for mineral and organic poisons, 
for the Board of Health of District of Columbia. 
_ 16. Examination of the “Nuisance,” for the Health Officer of District 
of Columbia. 
17. Examination of postal cards, for the Post-Office Dep 
18. Examination of canceled postage- stamps. 
19. Analyses of two samples of oleomargarine, for committee of House 
of Representatives. 
20. Analyses for the Treasury Department, including : 
a. Fourteen samples of Demerara sugar. 
b. A sample of iron rust. 
c. Bottle of suspected compound. 
21. Examination of whisky for fusil oils. 
22. Examination of seed-pods of the algarobo. 
23. Examination of tannin in canaigre. 
24, Examination of Youpon for theine. 
25. Examination of oil from tea seed. 
26. Examination of so-called bombic acid. 
27. Analysis of covering of the eggs of insects. 
28. Analysis of ash of sorghum. 
29. Analysis of three samples of earth from niter caves. 
30. Analysis of three samples of lime. 
31. Analysis of baking-powders. 
32. Examination of siliceous diatoms. 
33. Analysis of shell of egg from hen dying of cholera. 
34, Analysis of yam. 
30. Analyses of proximate constituents and of the ash of native grasses, 
including— 
a. Fifteen from Alabama. 
b. Twelve from Texas. 
c. Four from Georgia. 
d. Three from Wisconsin. 
e. Two from Ublnois. 
Jf. Two from Mississippi. 
g. One from South Carolina. 
36. Experiments in preparation of tea from leaves obtained from— 
a. Department grounds. 
b. North Carolina (4 lots). 
¢. South Carolina (4 lots). 
