Quarterly Eeports of the Clie'mical Committee, 1887. 329 
" Our Complaints Committee, upon considering the terms of Mr. Penney 's 
report, did not think it was satisfcctory, and Instructed me to go personally 
to Hull to see both liim aud the makers. We also had the reserved sealed 
sample analysed hy yourself, with the result of a report as follows: — 
" Analysis. 
" Sample of linseed-cake sealed ' Agricultural and Horticultural Associa- 
tion,' and a crest. 
Moistiure 9-25 
Oil • ■ • • 
' Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . 33-75 
Mucilage, sugar, digestible fibre, &c. . . . 28 68 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 9-14 
Mineral matter (ash) 5-75 
100-00 
• Containing nitrogen 5 40 
" We have made a carefid examination of this cake ; the analysis is a re- 
markably high one, but the cake contains rape, and is therefore not a pure 
one. (Signed) " Augustus Voelcker & Sons."' 
" The result of my visit to Mr. Penney was that he pointed out he had 
not passed the cakes as ' pure,' although he had spoken of them highly in 
other respects. I arranged with him that in all analyses for us the word 
' pure ' should never be used except as meaning cakes coming up to the 
standard of 95 or 96 per cent, purity. 
" The result of my intei-view with Messrs. Willows, Holt & W^illows was 
that they would only give their general belief that the cakes were made from 
seed equal to 95 per cent, purity after passing the screens, and that if any 
default had been made it.was accidental, and they would allow for it. I 
then arranged that in future notice should be given to our representative in 
Hull of each lot crushed for us, and that each lot shall in future be sampled 
and analysed before it leaves the mill. 
*' We have written Mr. Mellish proposing to allow him the diflerence 
between 'One and AH' pure cakes and ordinary ' pure ' cakes (so-called), 
which we estimated at 30«. to 40.s. per ton, or to allow him whatever other 
diflerence your judgment may think fair. 
" If your Chemical Committee can suggest any other measures which can 
be taken by our Association to give practical elTect to their recommenda- 
tions, we shall feel obliged for them, as our first and chief object is to obtain 
reliability of supply for our members. You will see that in this case wa 
have not hesitated about expense or trouble to bottom the facts and find a 
remedy for the complaint. — Yours faithfully, 
" Edwd. Owen Greening, Managing Director. 
"Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, Consulting Chemist, Iloj-al Agricultural Society, 
12 Hanover Square, W." 
7. Mr. M. Blair sent on August 26, 1887, on behalf of Lord 
Bolton, Bolton Hall, Bedale, a sample of linseed-cake for ana- 
lysis, and the following report was given : — 
