Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 1886. 325 
On February 28th, the sender wrote to the manufacturers : — 
" February 28th, 1886. 
" Dear Sirs, — My bailiff has given me three letters received from you 
aad a copy of my account with you for the last three years. 
" I am very much surprised to learn that my bailiff, Mr. , was acting 
as your agent, and was receiving a commission of 5 per cent, from you upon 
goods supplied to him upon my account. 
" My orders to were to buy and pay for everything in cash — he had 
always plenty of money for that purpose — and express instructions to avail 
himself of all discounts for immedi ite payment. 
"I never knew that my bills were not settled in this manner with you; 
indeed they were, I have reason to believe, kept back by your agent, for 
whenever I was told that such bills were due I ordered them to be paid 
immediately. 
" I find no discount allowed at all in 1883-4. 
" The prizes to which you allude were of course handed over to . 
" I was always opposed to his competing for them, and I am surprised that 
you should have allowed your own agent to enter for them, and I am afraid 
as far as the prize for mangolds in 1885 is concerned that he is hardly 
entitled to it. 
" As your agent and my bailiff, , has so thoroughly deceived me in all 
matters connected with my farm, I have thought it right to send a sample 
of your manure to Dr. Yoelcker for analysis. 
" This he has sent me, and he reports the value to be about 51. per ton, to 
which amount if we add 10s. for carriage and other expenses, would still be 
2?. 10s. under the price paid you in 1883-4, and 1?. 14s. in 1885. 
" I shall therefore feel obliged by your sending me a cheque for the differ- 
ence, after deducting 12?. Ss. od. for nitrate of soda supplied in August last 
year, the bill for which your agent has not laid before me." 
Fresh samples of the manufacturers' manure were taken on 
March 10th by their representative and the sender's present 
bailiff; these being- drawn from ten different bags and sealed 
by either party, duplicates also being kept. These samples 
were taken, as the manufacturers contended that the previous 
one was not fairly representative, and the following letter was 
sent by them to the sender in reference to the re-sampling : — 
" March 6th, 1886. 
" Dear Sir, — We beg to inform you that we have arranged with your 
Mr. to have the manure (now lying at ) sampled on Wednesday 
next, the 10th instant, for analysis, in the presence of one of our repre- 
sentatives. 
" One sample to be sent to Dr. Voelcker on your account, and a duplicate 
sample to be sent to either Mr. Alfred Sibson, F.C.S., 23, St. Mary Axe, 
London, or to Mr. Jno. Hughes, F.I.C., 79, Mark Lane, London, on our behalf. 
A sealed duplicate sample to be taken at the same time and kept for reference 
if necessary. 
" We also send you by this post one of our pamphlets for 1885, containing, 
on- page 20, our published conditions of analysis, which is marked for your 
information. — Yours truly, " ." 
The fresh sample sent to Dr. Voelcker gave the following 
result : — 
