356 Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 1888. 
" " " November 17, 1887. 
" Dear Sir, — We are in receipt of yours of yesterday. We have said 
all we can say on the subject of Dr. Voelcker. The cakes were not sold on 
analysis, and with his report we again repeat we have nothing whatever to 
do. . . . — And are, yours truly, "J. & J. Stephenson." 
Mr. Bosworth wrote that compensation was oflfered later, but 
that he considered it unsatisfactory to accept any. 
3. Mr. A. C. Skinner, of Pound, Bishop's Lydeard, Taunton, 
sent for analysis two samples of linseed-cake, the first on Oc- 
tober G, 1887, the second on November 10. The analyses were 
as follows : — 
First sample Second sample 
Oct. 6 
Moisture 9-65 
Oil 1383 
* Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming \ 
matters) J>csuoi 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . 33-30 
Woody fibre (cellulose) . . . 7-17 
- Mineral matter (ash) .... 5'54 
100-00 
' Containing nitrogen . . . 4 88 
^ Including sand .... — 
Dr. Voelcker reported on the first sample :- 
" A good cake." 
But with regard to the second he said : — 
" An impure cake, having considerable starchy admixture, which causes 
it to be very low in albuminous compounds, and having over 3 per cent, of 
sand." 
Mr. Skinner wrote on November 24 : — 
" Dear Sir, — With reference to the two samples of cake sent for analysis, 
I may say that I bought 10 tons at 6/. 16s. 3d. to be delivered free at my 
station subject to the sample first sent proving satisfactory to me. The 
second sample represents the delivery in bulk. I bought it of the repre- 
sentative of the makers, who, I believe, were astonished at the'high standard 
of the analysis of the sample. The cost of carriage included in price quoted 
was about 2s. 6d. per ton. The makers say that the delivery was better 
than the sample. . . . —Yours faithfully, * " Alfred C. Skinner." 
" Dr. Voelcker.'' 
"P.S. — . ... I have offered them an opportunity of sending another 
sample for analysis if they like to send a man to take it, and forward under 
joint seal. I do not yet know what they will do. The manager has gone 
aw&y to the North." 
Nov. 10 
14-72 
12-53 
21-75 
34-12 
8-90 
7-98 
10000 
3-48 
310 
