Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee^ 1885. 343 
June, 1885. 
The following cases were reported : — 
1. On February 21st, Mr. George King sent on behalf of 
Lord Braybrooke, Wokingham, Berks, a sample of linseed-cake, 
of which two tons had been purchased from an agent, at 9/. lOs. 
per ton. 
Dr. Voelcker's analysis and report were : — 
"February 25tli, 1885. 
Moisture 12-43 
Oil 11-07 
*Albuminous compounds 18*12 
Mucilage, &c 41-97 
Woody fibre 9-33 
Mineral matter 7-08 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 2-90 
*' Deae Sik, — ^Tliis is a shamefully adulterated cake, full of a variety of 
foreign matters such as locust bean, cotton-seed husk, niger seed, rice and 
other starchy bodies in abundance. Was it sold to you as pure? — Yours 
faithfully, J. Augustus Voelcker." 
" G. King, Esq." 
On enquiry it was found that no guarantee of purity had been 
given, the purchaser relying on the statement of the vendor that 
*' it was good linseed-cake, and he had been selling a lot of it." 
This case was settled by payment of 6/. per ton for the cake. 
2. Mr. J. Tillott, of White House, Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, 
purchased on February 22nd, five tons of what was invoiced as 
pure dissolved bones," the vendors and manufacturers being 
Stevens' Chemical Manure Company, Limited, 33, Mark Lane, 
E.C., and the price 11. 4*. per ton for cash. 
Dr. Voelcker's analysis of a sample sent on February 27th, 
was : — 
Moisture 14-87 
*Organic matter 28-85 
Monobasic phosphate of lime 12-91 
Equal to tribasic phosphate of lime re adored) xr,^.f>ps 
soluble by acid J ^" 
Insoluble phosphates 3-59 
Sulphate of lime, alkalies, &c 33-25 
Insoluble siliceous matter .. . 6*53 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 1-95 
Equal to ammonia 2-37 
