364! Quarterly Reports of tJie Chemical Committee, 1888. 
«' February 3, 1888. 
Moisture ........ 13-67 
Oil 9-70 
^Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 26'01 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre . . . 32*34 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 9'60 
^ Mineral matter (ash) 8'68 
10000 
' Containing nitrogen ..... 4'IC 
- Containing sand ...... 3-70 
" This is a cake adulterated to an enormous extent ; it is full of rape, and 
has mustard and many other foreign seeds in quantity, ■with starcliy admixture 
and nearly 4 per cent, of saud. " J. Augustus Voelcker." 
On January 23, Mr. Moubray bought 3 tons of this cake 
from some dealers at 11. 5s. per ton, the following guarantee in 
writing being given him : " Guaranteed to be a good quality of 
cake, and free from any added admixture, and to contain 10 per 
cent, of oil." j\Ir. Moubray had observed that cattle did not eat 
it well, and on receiving the report, communicated with the 
vendors, who in turn wrote to the makers, Messrs. W. R. Cross 
& Co., of High Street, Hull. The latter wrote direct to Mr. 
Moubray that there must have been some mistake, and they 
would investigate the matter, adding that they had just seen an 
analysis which showed good proportions of both oil and albu- 
minous compounds, and that it was not sold as a 9-5 per cent, 
cake. The vendors wrote on February 11 : — 
" To Mr. J. M. Moubra}'. 
"Dear Sir, — We are in receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, and we 
also enclose you a letter we have had from Messrs. VV. II. Cross & Co. As 
was told you at time of purchase, no one will give a guarantee of absolute 
purity, as under the new Merchandise Act nothing short of 100 is such, and 
this it is next to impossible to get. We bought it as a pure linseed-cake in 
the ordinary sense of the word, and, moreover, the copy of the sale-note 
and guarantee on it was shown to Mr. W. K. Cross on the Thursday 
following at Birmingham Corn Exchange, as our Mr. . . . , seeing Mr. Cross 
there, mentioned to him the sale, and showing him the words of guarantee, 
a.sked him if such a one was a proper one, and to this he quite agreed, 
saying it was correct, and that the cake would be as represented. Under 
these circumstances we fail to see how Mr. Cross can quite justify hia position. 
We feel sure you will admit that our share of the transaction is a genuine 
one. . . . — Yours respectfully, " " 
On February 13 Messrs. Cross & Co. sent the following copy 
of analysis to the vendors : — 
Copy.] "Hull and East Eiding Laboratory, Royal Chambers, Hull : 
"February 9, 1888. 
" This certificate refers to a sample of linseed-cake received from Messrs. 
W. R. Cross & Co. on February 7, 1888. 
