Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee^ 1888. 359 
"November 30, 1887. 
]Moisturo 14'82 
Oil 9-3.3 
' Albuminous coinpouucls (flesh-forming matter.s) . 25 0G 
Afucilage, sujifar, and digestible fibre . , . 35'11 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 8-09 
2 Mineral matter (asb) 7-59 
100 00 
' Containing nitrogen . . . . . . 4'01 
^ Including .'sand ....... 2'lj't 
"This is a badly adulterated and dii'ty pake. • 
"J. Augustus Voelcker." 
Five tons of this cake liad been ordered on October 27, 
and delivered on November 5. from agents of the manufacturers, 
one of the principal firms in Hull, at 11. 5s. a ton delivered. 
The purchase was made in accordance ■with the following 
offer : — 
" October 26, 1887. 
" SlE, — By this post we beg to offer you prime American linseed-cake at 
71. per ton, and pure linseed-cake, EmjUsk made, at 71. 5s. per ton (which we 
should recommend), delivered to Castle Ashby Station ; awaiting the favour 
of your reply. Kindly accept our apology for delav, and oblige yours truly, 
The vendors again wrote on October 28 : — 
" R. G. Scriven, Esq. 
"Dear Sir, — We are much obliged for your order of this morning, 
and will forward you 4 tons on at once to Castle Ashby Station, 
"We are sending j-ou a very good cake, e.v .... which we are selling 
a quantity of, and our customers like it, and we enclose a circular received 
from them yesterday morning which we hope will satisfy you it is a pure 
cake ; we use a quantity of it ourselves, and like it very much. . . . — 
Yours truly, " " 
The circular referred to was one from Messrs. . . '. , notify- 
ing that their linseed-cakes, branded j^^n-e, should now be sold 
and invoiced as ''oil-cake." Mr. Scriven said he could not 
take the cake unless he had some guarantee of its purity. The 
vendors explained the pro-^nsions of the Merchandise Marks Act ; 
but on Mr. Scriven still demurring to taking the cake, they 
replied that, thinking their reply would have been satisfactory, 
they had sent the order on. An invoice was accordingly made 
out November 5, 1887, "5 tons pure oil-cake." 
An allowance of 5s. per ton was made by the agent. 
6. Mr. A. Peebles, agent to his Grace the Duke ot North- 
umberland, Albury, Guildford, sent on December 1 a sample of 
linseed-cake, of which he had purchased 5 tons, price 5?. 12s. 6d. 
a ton in Hull, carriage to Chilworth 1?. Os. 8d. per ton, the 
