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designations and three or four samples of bark obtained ungronnd 

 and several authenticated specimens direct from the importers. The 

 sources and descriptions of the material examined were : 



DENOMINATED CINNAMON. 



4502. Bark from grocers, D. C. Poor quality. 



4503. Ground, from same grocers. Both guaranteed, pure. 

 4519. Ground in Washington, 30 cents per | pound. 



4529. Ground in Baltimore, 20 cents per | pound. 



4531. Ground in Baltimore, 30 cents per | pound. 



4539. Genuine Java cinnamon (cassia), English, 10 cents per pound. 



4547. Cinnamon, Java, ground in Washington. 



4556. Ceylon cinnamon bark. Druggists. 



4558. Ceylon cinnamon bark. Druggists, 15 cents per ounce. 



4868. Cinnamon, pure, Baltimore, Md. 



4869. Cinnamon, best, Baltimore, Md. 



DENOMINATED CASSIA. 



4557. Cassia bark. Druggists. 



4559. Cassia bark, 10 cents per ounce. Druggists. 

 4640. Cassia bark, 10 cents per ounce. Druggists. 



4906. Saigon cassia chips, collected in Baltimore markets by Z. D. Gilman. 



4907. Cassia ligua bark, collected in Baltimore markets by Z. D. Gilman. 



4908. Batavia bark, collected in Baltimore markets by Z. D. Gilman. 



4909. Saigon cassia bark, collected in Baltimore markets by Z. D. Gilman. 



A mechanical and microscopic examination showed that the ground 

 specimens were hardly what they were represented to be. 



4503, guaranteed pure cinnamon, proved to be a good quality of ground 

 cassia. 



4519 and 4529 consisted of substitution of cassia for cinnamon. 



4531 was a low grade cassia mixed with considerable foreign material. 



4539 was an excellent specimen of good cassia. 



4547 was a poor quality cassia, adulterated with foreign material, but 

 so finely ground as to make its identification impossible. 



48G8 and 4869, although labeled cinnamon, were mixtures of the 

 lowest grade, consisting of cassia, turmeric ochre in small amount, mus^ 

 tard hulls or those of a similar seed, cracker dust, and burnt shells. 



The remaining specimens were purchased unground, and, with the 

 exception of the one English brand labeled Java cinnamon (cassia), no 

 ground cassia could be purchased under such a designation. 



The data obtained in a chemical way were as follows : 



