Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 1884. 361 
Moisture 14 '35 
•Organic matter 26 '80 
Phosphate of lime 24 '06 
Carbonate of lime, sulphate of lime, soda, &c. .. 33 "19 
Insoluble siliceous matter .. .. 1'60 
100-00 
• 0)ntaining nitrogen 2-07 
Equal to ammonia 2*51 
Dear Sib, — I beg to enclose analysis. No. 1 is adulterated bone-meal, 
and not worth more than Al. 10s. per ton. Yours faithfully, 
E. V. Wheeler, Esq. Augustus Voelckee. 
Mr. Wheeler, after receiving this Report, wrote on April 18 : — • 
" Kyrewood House, Tenbury, April 18th, 1884. 
"Dear Sib, — In answer to yours of this moraing, the merchant from whom 
I brought the bone-meal states, as an explanation of the matter, that this 
meal did not come from his works, as it is an article which they do not make, 
but from a large collector of bones in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, 
from whom they had bought large quantity of quarter and half inch bones, 
for use in their works. That they had had articles bought from this man 
tested, and always found them pure, and therefore thought that they could 
trust him to send us a genuine article, but they suppose that he has taken 
advantage of them, thinking it would not be discovered in the bone-meal. 
They have offered to let me have the manure at whatever price I like to put 
upon it, and begged me to have the other two manures (samples of which I 
brought to you) tested. — Yours faithfully, 
" Dr. Voelcker. E. Y. "Wheeleb." 
The other manures turned out satisfactory. 
5. Mr. Henry Pye, of St. Mary's Hall, near Rochester, sent, on 
March 21st, two samples of manure, the price of which was 6/. per 
ton, and the seller, Mr. Reeves, of 17, Liiford Road, Camberwell. 
The analyses were: — 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
13-65 
11-55 
71-45 
50-75 
-77 
30-47 
13-88 
6-88 
•25 
-35 
100-00 
1- 68 
2- 04 
100-00 
2- 52 
3- 05 
Moisture 
'Organic matter . . 
Phosphate of lime 
Carbonate of lime, &c. 
Insoluble siliceous matter 
* Containing nitrogen 
Equal to ammonia 
Dr. Voelcker wrote : — 
" March 28th, 1884. 
" Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure of enclosing analysis. No. 1 is a poor 
manure. It hardly contains any phosphates, and I should be sorry to have 
to pay 21. a ton for it." 
