Qnarierhj JReporis of the Chemical Committee, 1887. 311 
" Linseed-Cakes. 
Per tou. 
£ .!. d. 
** Pure, 95 per cent, purity (IIull shape) . ,800 
D. B. Pure do. 'do. . .850 
Anglo Pure do. (Thin narrow shape) . .826 
S. X. Pui-e do. . . 6 17 G 
K. G. Pure (Hull shape) . . . . G 15 0 
A. D. Pure do G 15 0 
P. B. Pure do 7 0 0 
S. G. Pure do G 12 6 
B. Pure do 7 5 0 
T. T. Pure do. G 12 G 
B. F. Pure do. . . . " . . None 
S. H.S. Pure (Anglo) None 
" Lixseed-Caees. — A quiet trade at firm prices. It cannot be too 
■widely explained to any ignorant of the fact, that the word 'pure' covers 
a range of values differing 30s. per ton, and that buyers can have the 
highest percentage (95 per cent.) of purity if they will pay the price, but 
that naturally the percentage of purity declines as the price declines, thougli 
the cheaper cakes at their prices may be as well worth them as the 95 per 
cent, theirs. 
" In Hull makes we recommend S. X. 05 per cent. Pure at 8/. 2s. Qd. ; 
♦* 95 per cent., 8/. ; S. Pure, 6/. I7s. 6d ; A. D. Pure, 6/. los. ; K. G. Pure, 
61. 15s. ; S. G. Pure, 6/. 12s. Gd. ; T. T. Pure, Ql. 12s. Gd.'' 
The coiTespondence was continued as follows : — 
« Messrs. Alfred Denniss & Co. " February 10, 1887. 
"Dear Sibs, — I have your seTcral letters in reference to the cake 
analysed for Mr. Wright, of Nottingham. 
" You ask me to write to Messrs. Warhurst informing them of a supposed 
error that I have made ; but as no eiTor whatever has been committed, you 
must excuse me from doing this. You admit the term ' pure ' both in your 
letters and circulars, and the cake was supplied to Mr. AVright under that 
description. Considering, as I do, that the word ' pure,' even in a qualified 
sense, ought by no means to be applied to such a cake as the one I examined, 
I reported on it as I did. — ^Yom-s faithfully, 
"J. Augustus Voeickek." 
" Alfred Denniss & Co., 191 High Street, Hull : 
February 11, 1887. 
" Dear Sir, — Your letter received. "We asked you to witlidraw the 
allegation of the presence of niger and cotton-seed in yoiu- analysis, as they 
did not exist. This is a reasonable request, and we beg respectfidly to 
repeat it. 
" As to the term jnire we disapprove of its presence on any cake, but 
cannot control the trade ; we are vendors, not manufacturers, and we do all 
we can, as you wtU have seen from our circular, to put the trade on a 
logical and fair basis ; but we do think, with all due respect, that you do not 
do your part in bringing this about. "We, however, need not reiterate what 
we have already stated. The thing ought to be ventilated in the public 
journals. — Yours truly, " A. Denniss & Co." 
" 12 Hanover Square, London, W. : February 12, 1887. 
" Dear Sirs, — I told you in my letter that I had made no mistake what- 
ever, and therefore I have nothing to withdraw. 
