Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, June 1890. 419 
we should not have known that we were being deceived. As our representative 
told you, we will send you another ton in the place of that you have. — Yours 
respectfullv, The Phosphate Fish Bone Guano Company. 
J. Worthington, Esq , P er H - HAMILTON. 
Wood End, Mobberley. 
Two other samples of the same material have been analysed 
with the following results : — 
Moisture 
1 Organic matter ..... 
Phosphate of lime 
Oxide of iron, alkalies, magnesia, &c. 
Sand 
1 Containing nitrogen 
Equal to ammonia 
3-43 
0-94 
20-27 
2-23 
5-18 
•95 
12-08 
3-30 
59-04 
92-58 
10000 
100-00 
1-47 ' 
•29 
1-78 
•35 
6. The following cases illustrate the uselessness of such a 
guarantee as " made from 96 per cent, linseed." 
(a.) Mr. J. A. Gordon, of Arabella, Nigg, Ross-shire, sent on 
March 11, 1890, a sample of linseed-cake, guaranteed "made from 
96 per cent, of pure linseed." Twelve tons had been purchased at 
81. 4s. 2d. per ton. The following analysis was returned, and the 
cake reported as being mixed with locust beans : — 
Moisture 16'25\ 
Oil 13-13^ 
, 10000 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 27'12 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . . . 30 54 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 8-66 
Mineral matter (ash) 4-30, 
1 Containing nitrogen . . .4-34 
Mr. Gordon, in answer to inquiries, said that "the manager 
states that his men had, through carelessness, mixed a little locust 
beans with the cake before being made." 
(6.) Mr. W. J. Gross, of Burton Latimer, Kettering, sent on March 
8, 1890, a sample of linseed-cake. The following analysis was re- 
turned on March 13 : — 
Moisture 12-65\ 
Oil 923 
1 Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 25 - 44 1 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . . . 33-46 1 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 9 - 87 
2 Mineral matter (ash) 9-.35' 
1 Containing nitrogen . . . 4 07 
2 „ sand .... 3-95 
A dirty cake. 
Mr. Gross wrote saying that he bought the cake as pure, price 
9?. per ton. The cakes were marked "guaranteed made of linseed 
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