II74 — II78- 



I. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



Moisture at ioo° C 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 Calcium oxide, 

 Insoluble matter, 



1179 — 1182. I. 



11. 

 III. 



IV. 



Received from Millis, Mass. 

 Received from Concord, Mass. 

 Received from Boston, Mass. 

 Received from Worcester, Mass. 

 Received from Fall River, Mass. 



Per Cent 



I. 



8.09 



5.80 



1.70 



31-49 



15-83 



MISCELLANEOUS ASHES. 



Hemp ashes, received from North Plymouth, 



Mass. 

 Waste ashes, received from Amherst, Mass. 

 Tan bark ashes, received from East Holliston, 



Mass. 

 Brick-yard ashes, received from Montague, Mass. 



Per Cent. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Calcium oxide. 

 Insoluble matter, 



BURNED BONE AND GROUND BONE. 



1 1 83 — 1 185. I. Burned bone, received from New Bedford, Mass. 

 II. Ground bone, received from Palmer, Mass. 

 III. Ground bone, received from Boston, Mass. 



Per Cent. 

 I. II. III. 



Moisture at 100° C, .67 2.67 5.55 



Total phosphoric acid, 38.06 30.08 18.98 



Reverted phosphoric acid, 1.20 12.84 7-62 



Insoluble phosphoric acid, 36.86 17.24 11.36 



Nitrogen, — 1.86 3.23 



