256  Quarterly  Reports  of  the  Chemical  Committee,  1882. 
however,  is  fully  21.  per  ton  more  than  nitrate  of  soda  could  be 
bought  for  at  the  time  in  the  retail  manure  market. 
3.  Mr.  Swinnerton  also  sent  me  a sample  of  turnip  manure, 
which  had  the  following  composition  : — 
Moisture  ..  ..  11 ‘70 
’Organic  matter  and  water  of  combination  ..  20 '62 
Monobasic  phosphate  of  lime 5 • 37 
Equal  to  tribasic  phosphate  of  lime 
phosphate)  rendered  soluble  by  acid) 
Insoluble  phosphates  14 ‘70 
Sulphate  of  lime,  alkaline  salts,  and  magnesia  38 ‘91 
Insoluble  siliceous  matter  8 "70 
lOO'OO 
* Containing  nitrogen -89 
Equal  to  ammonia  1-08 
This  manure,  which  was  sold  at  7 1.  10s.  per  ton,  less  5 per 
cent,  for  cash,  would  not  he  cheap  at  47.  4s. 
No  information  was  given  by  Mr.  Swinnerton  respecting  the 
vendors  of  the  nitrate  of  soda  and  the  turnip  manure. 
4.  Mr.  Faunce  de  Laune  sent  me  a sample  of  artificial 
manure,  which  he  informed  me  was  bought  by  a tenant  at  97. 
per  ton. 
This  manure  had  the  following  composition  : — 
Moisture 21-30 
’Organic  matter  26" 25 
Phosphate  of  lime 9 • 60 
Sulphate  of  lime,  &c 26-40 
Insoluble  siliceous  matter  16 '45 
100-00 
’ Containing  nitrogen 1-35 
Equal  to  ammonia  1'64 
A manure  containing  as  little  phosphate  of  lime  and  ammonia 
as  the  sample  which  Mr.  de  Laune  sent  me  is  not  worth  more 
^han  37.  a ton. 
In  reply  to  the  usual  inquiries,  Mr.  de  Laune  says : — 
“I  think  it  advisable  at  present  not  to  report  the  name  of  the  firm  from 
whom  I sent  the  artificial  manure,  as  the  two  tenants  are  so  extremely  adverse, 
and  the  second  one  has  written  a second  letter  to  say  he  made  a mistake,  and 
that  it  was  3L  instead  of  91.  he  was  going  to  pay.  It  is  very  difficult  to 
unearth  these  people,  and  it  does  not  do  to  get  wrong.” 
5.  The  following  is  the  composition  of  a sample  of  guano, 
which  was  sent  for  analysis  by  Mr.  C.  P.  Noel,  Bell  Hall,  near 
Stourbridge : — 
^°nel  (8-40) 
