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No. 14076. From firm mentioned al)Ove; sample of apples dried on wire trays in 

 one factory in Wayne County, N. Y. 



No. 14077. From firm mentioned above; sample of apples dried on wire trays in an 

 evaporator in Oswego County, X. Y. 



Xo. 14078. From firm mentioned above; sample of apples dried on wire trays in 

 a factory in Michigan. 



Xo. 14079. From firm mentioned above; sample of apples dried on wooden trays in 

 Wayne County, N. Y. 



Xo. 14081. From E, Meyers, 436 Produce Exchange, Xew York; sample of evap- 

 orated apples dried on wire trays. 



Xo. 14082. From firm last mentioned; sample of evaporated apples ^aid to have 

 been dried on wooden trays. 



Xo. 1412,3. Received from Department of State; from United States consul-general 

 at Frankfort on the Mam, described in dispatch of Consul-General Mason of May, 

 1895, marked sample Xo. 1. 



Xo. 14124. Same as al)ove, marked sample Xo. 2. 



Xo. 14150. Sample of dried apples described in letter of Frank H. Mason, consul 

 general at Frankfort on the Main, dated June 22, 1895; this sample l)ears the seal 

 and certificate of the police court before which the trial took place. See letter of 

 consul-general of date mentioned, already given. 



Xo. 14315 «. From Miiller & Fuckel, Hamburg, Germany; according to an oflicial 

 German analysis, this samjile is said to contain 0.009 i)er cent of zinc. 



Xo. 14315 &. From firm last mentioned; according tcf the ofiicial analysis, this sam- 

 ple is said to contain 0.004 per cent of zinc. 



Xo. 14405. From factory at Walworth, X. Y. ; sample taken by H. W. Wiley at the 

 factory from a jiackage put up for shipment. 



Xo. 14409. From factory at Albion, X. Y. ; sample taken by H. W. Wiley, October 

 30, 1895, from two car loads of evajDorated apples prepared for shipment to Germany. 



Xo. 14410. From factory mentioned above; sample taken as described above from 

 a large pile of evaporated apples on floor ready for x>acking. 



Xo. 14411. From factory mentioned above; taken as described from slices wTiich 

 fell ofi" the tray after drying, without shaking, and thus not in contact, or only 

 partially in contact, with the wire netting of the tray ; tray had Ijeen in use for 

 two years. 



'Xo. 14412. From factory last mentioned, being the slices that stuck to the wire 

 cloth of the tray; same tray as above described. These pieces were therefore in 

 intimate contact with the galvanized iron wires. 



Xo. 14413. From factory last mentioned; slices of evaporated apples dried on trays 

 new at the beginning of the season , September 25, 1895. Only those slices were taken 

 that stuck to the trays, the loose ones having been shaken off". 



Xo. 14414. From factory last mentioned; samples of evaporated apples dried on 

 trays which had been in use more than five years. Only those chips were taken that 

 stuck to the wire cloth. 



Xo. 14415. From factory, Walworth, N. Y. ; sample taken by H. W. Wiley, October 

 31, 1895; samples of evaporated apples dried on trays in use two years; these trays 

 were greased about every third day with tallow to prevent the slices from sticking. 

 The whole sample was taken, no attempt being made to get only those which were 

 nearest the wire. 



No. 14416. From factory last mentioned; sample taken as noted; sample of evap- 

 orated apples, including the skins and cores; manufactured expressly for the French 

 trade, and to be used in making jellies, marmalades, and in flavoring wines. 



Xo. 14417. From C. H. Perkins, X'ewark, X. Y. ; sample of evaporated ni)ples such as 

 are placed on the general market; no data obtainable in regard to where or how the 

 evaporation took place, except that it represented the product of western Xew York. 



No.14418. Sample of apples purchased from F. M.Walker tt Co., 938 Louisiana 



