188 TOBACCO. 



II. By Volumetric Method. 



By working on 10 grams = 7-2 per cent. 

 By working on 50 grama = 7 ' 228 „ „ 



' Hidjaz.^ — I. By Mayer's Eeagent. 



A. (leaf and midrib) 2-025 percent. 



B. (leaf and midrib) 2-268 „ „ 



C. (leaf and midrib) 2-028 „ „ 



D. (leaf and midrib) 1-863 „ „ 



2 - 046 per cent, average. 



II. By Volumetric Process. 

 A 2-37 per cent. 



III. By Ethereal Solution of Ammonia. 

 3 - 6 per cent. 



' Kechan.' — By Mayer's Solution. 



A. (leaf and midrib) 2-835 percent. 



B. (leaf and midrib) 3-0375 „ „ 



C. (leaf and midrib) 2-85525 „ „ 



2*90925 per cent, average. 



' Shiraz.' — By Mayer's Solution. 



A. (leaf and midrib) 5*8725 per cent. 



B. (leaf and midrib) 5-7975 „ „ 



5 - 835 per cent, average. 



" Estimation of Saccharoid Matter ; calculated as cane 

 sugar. — The fermentation process was the one adopted, 

 not that we consider it by any means a good one, but 

 because it was the only one practicable. Fehling's solu- 

 tion was inadmissible, owing to the precipitation of 

 colouring and other matters, and the polariscope gave no 



