96 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
11. Analysis of maize sirup. 
12. Analyses of fertilizers, superphosphates, &c. (5 samples). 
13. Examination of plants for narcotic poisons or other alkaloids (8 
specimens). 
14, Examination of deposit in spring-water. 
15. Examination of peat to determine value as fertilizer and as source 
of paraffin or oils (3 samples). 
16. Examination of cream-puffs for mineral and vegetable poisons, 
for the Board of Health of the District of Columbia. 
17. Examination of adulterated tea for the Board of Health of Dis- 
trict of Columbia. 
18. Examination of Bologna sausage for mineral and organic poisons, 
for the Board of Health of District of Columbia. 
19, Examination of “the nuisance” for the Health Officer of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia. - 
20, Examination for mineral and organic poisons of sample of coffee, 
for the Health Officer of District of Columbia. 
21. Examination of canceled postage-stamps. 
22. Analyses of two samples of oleomargarine for committee of House 
of Representatives. 
23. Analyses for the Treasury Department, including— 
a. Fourteen samples of Demerara sugar ; 
b. A specimen of iron scale ; 
c. A bottle of suspected compound. 
24, Examination of postal cards for the Post-Office Department. 
25. Examination of oil from tea-seed. 
26. Estimation of tannin— 
a. In cafaigre; 
b. In balsamo-carpon; 
c. In sumae (Rhus glabra) ; 
d. In common docks (two species). 
27. Analysis of covering of eggs of insects. 
28. Analysis of so-called bombic acid. 
29, Analyses of ash of sorghum, maize-stalks, and sugar-cane (6 
samples). 
30. Analyses of earth from niter caves (5 samples). 
31. Analyses of quicklime (6 samples). 
32. Analysis of baking-powders. 
33. Examination of siliceous diatoms. 
34. Analysis of shell of egg from hen dying of cholera. 
35. Analysis of milk from cow sick with pleuro-pneumonia. 
36. Analysis of yam. 
37. Analyses of proximate constituents and of the ash of native 
grasses, including— 
. Nine from Alabama; 
. Twelve from Texas; 
c. Four from Georgia; 
d. Three from Wisconsin; 
e. Two from Illinois; 
jf. Two from Mississippi; 
g. One from South Carolina. 
h. One from Department grounds. 
38. Experiments in preparation of tea from leaves obtained from— 
a. Department grounds; 
b. North Carolina (4 lots); 
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