Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 1886. 337 
" June 22iid, 1886. 
Moisture 3 ■ 84 
*Organic matter 7 • 83 
Phosphate of lime 4 • 97 
Sulphide and carbonate of lime 63 '94 
Mas^esia, alkalies, &c 13 "28 
Sand 6-14 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen • 17 
Equal to ammonia '21 
" This is miserable stuff, and 4?. per ton is an extravagant price for it. It 
may be worth somethins: for liming purposes, but that is about all, and you 
could get gas-lime for that use and at a cost of only a few shillings a ton. 
This indeed appears to me to be waste from gas or alkali works ; 12s. a ton 
would be its outside value to you delivered free. 
" J. Augustus Voelcker." 
After some correspondence, on July 16th, Mr. Mansell enclosed 
a copy of the following letter received from the manufacturers : — 
" Dear Sir, — In reply to your letter of yesterday we have to remind you 
that in our letter of the 26th June we asked you to send us the chemist's 
analysis, or a copy thereof. What you have sent us is merely your chemist's 
opinion of our manure, and as we understand he is largely employed by other 
rival companies his opinion appears to us to be anything but an impartial 
one, and is ridiculous on the face of it. However, we can easily understand 
how you feel in the matter, and are agreeable that you should keep the 
manure for us until the autumn, when we will dispose of it elsewhere. 
" Manchester Phosguano Co." 
" 13, Norfolk Street, Manchester." 
Mr. Mansell stated that he would consider the matter settled 
by the Company carting the manure away at their own expense ; 
but up to January 27th, 1887, this had not been done. 
11. On June 4th, Mr. R, L. H. Phipps, of Leighton, Westbury, 
Wilts, sent a sample of oil-cake for analysis, stating that he had 
lost some lambs by diarrhoea ; they had been taken suddenly 
ill, and had died in a very short time. An opinion only being 
required, Dr. Voelcker reported that the cake was not pure, 
and advised that further analysis should be made. 
This analysis and report is given below : — 
"June 22nd, 1886. 
Moisture 11-48 
Oil 10-03 
* Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) .. 20*08 
Mucilage, sugar and digestible fibre 37-45 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 9-13 
fMineral matter (ash) 11*83 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 3-53 
+ Including sand 5-94 
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