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Frankfort on account of its alleged contamination with salts of zinc. 

 Our analysis revealed the fact that this sanix)le was entirely free of 

 even a trace of zinc, and its condemnation therefore by the police 

 authorities of Frankfort is comi:>letely unjustifiable. 



In sample 14124, derived from the source mentioned above and marked 

 sample No. 2, a small quantity of zinc was found, amounting to 10 milli- 

 grams of zinc oxid in 100 grams of the sample. 



The sample 14150 was an officially sealed sample of evaporated apples 

 taken from a lot, imi)orted by Erwin Koelker, of Frankfort, from Albert 

 Petrie, of Rochester, N. Y. As a result of an analysis made by the 

 health authorities of Frankfort it was certified that the sample con- 

 tained from 0.0035 to 0.0545 gram of zinc or salts of zinc per kilogram, 

 a proportion which was adjudged i^rejudicial to human healtfi. The 

 samx^le bore the seal and certificate of the i^olice court before which 

 the dealer in these apples was tried. It was transmitted through the 

 State Department by Consul-General Frank H. Mason, Frankfort on 

 the Main, under date of June 22, 1895. This sam^^le was found to con- 

 tain but little more than a trace of zinc, viz, 1.3 milligrams in 100 

 grams, which is a little more than the minimum quantity certified to in 

 the i^olice records. It is difficult to understand why a sample which 

 contained but little more than a mere trace of zinc could have been 

 condemned for sanitary reasons. 



Sample No. 14315a was sent by request of this Division by Miiller & 

 Fuck el, of Hamburg. According to an official analysis made in Ham- 

 burg for the health office this sample was said to contain 9 milhgrams 

 of zinc per 100 grams, or 0.009 per cent, which corresponds to a little 

 over 11 milligrams of zinc oxid i)er 100 grams, a quantity which seems 

 to be about the normal for the ordinary samples dried on galvanized 

 iron wire. 



Sample 14315^ was received from the firm last mentioned, and, accord- 

 ing to the official analysis, it was said to contain 0.004 per cent of zinc, 

 which corresponds to 0.005 per cent of zinc oxid. In our analyses of 

 these two samples the respective quantities of zinc contained therein 

 were found to be 7.2 and 11.2 milligrams, respectively, for 100 grams. 

 The two samples came without any distinctive marks, so that we were 

 unable to determine the order in which they should come, excej^t by 

 the results of the analysis. It is evident, therefore, that the sample 

 which we have marked a corresponds with the one containing, by the 

 German analysis, 0.004 per cent of zinc, and the one marked b to the 

 sample containing, by the German analysis, 0.009 per cent of zinc. 



Sample 14405 was secured at a factory in Walworth, N. Y. A pack- 

 age which had been prepared for shipment was opened, its contents 

 thoroughly mixed, and the Sample for analysis taken. The fruit was 

 dried on galvanized iron wire trays. It was found to contain the usual 

 quantity of zinc oxid characteristic of fruit prepared in this way. 



Sample 14409 was secured at a factory in Albion, N. Y, A car which 



