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4, Nevertheless the investigation has been a useful one and i 
thanks of the Government are due to Messrs. i^m son & Son 
for the trouble they have taken in the matter. We now for r 
the first time the percentage of oil in these seeds dnd the probable 
uses to which it can be applied. 
have, &c., 
(Signed) W. T. THISELTON-DYER, 
Director. 
The Hon. Sir Robert — K.C.B., 
Colonial O 
Do une ‘Street, S. W. 
[Enclosure 1.] 
Messrs. SAMUELSON & SONS TO ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
Scottish Chambers 
astle Street, Liverpool, 
” 23rd October, 1896. 
DEAR SIR, 
WIT Paes to the investigation with the “butter and 
tallow” M tas ved, we find they contain 41 per cent. of oil, 
of which we pen nées a small sample. Our investigations have 
hitherto only been in the laboratory, and the quantity supplied is 
not large enough for a practical test. 
The oil, we think, would be suitable for soap-making; this we 
shall be able to ascertain in the course of a week or two, as we ar 
getting one of our soap-making friends to try it. If it should be 
suitable for soap-making, and the refuse suitable for cattle foods, 
we think the price of the seeds ought to range from £8 to £10 per 
ton, delivered in England, according to the state of the market. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) EDW. SAMUELSON. 
The Director, 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
[ ENCLOSURE 2.] 
Messrs. SAMUELSON & SONS TO ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
Scottish Chambers, 
. 48, Castle Street, Liverpool, 
8th December, 1896. 
DEAR SIR, 
THE writer saw Mr. H. S. Timmis, of Messrs. Gossage & Sons, 
y — v x weg that the oil made from the nuts of which 
you ks, is (though not an oil of high quality) 
d ndoubieliy suitable for soap-making, and, so far as we can te 
you, would probably fetch about £2 per ^oi leni than palm-kernel 
or cocoa-nut oil. Both these oils are very low at present (very 
little over £20 per ton), and perhaps to-day's price is hardly a fair 
one to base any calculations on as to the commercial value of the 
puts, 
