818 Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, December 1891. 
could make bim. We answered him that as we thought cake would drop in 
price we made him a special quotation, and could not make any further 
redaction, and told him we had sold this cake for a great number of years, 
and this was the first complaint we had ever received of the quality. We had 
often received complaints of the price, but never of the quality, and asked 
him to show us the analysis, which he first said he was not allowed to do, 
but subsequently did. We asked him who took the cake he sent to be 
analysed, and he said bis man did. We then asked him if it was taken 
in his presence, and he said it was not. We then saw you, and you got Mr. 
Hughes to analyse the same cake, or rather from the same cargo. We then 
showed this to Mr. Finn, and said as it differed so from his analysis we 
should suggest that a cake should be, taken by us from the parcel we had 
delivered to him in his presence, and he said he thought it was only fair, and 
accordingly our Mr, Percy went to his farm and took a piece of cake out of 
one of tlie bags with Mr. Finn, and Mr. Fimi sent it to Mr. Bernard Uyer, 
and we think that the facts were not fully and plainly stated in the Agri- 
cultural Journal. 
Yours respectfully, 
Wakeley Bros. 
Messrs. Hewetson. 
Analysis of Dean^s Calcutta Seed Lmseed Cake. 
TojiLCKER. 
Hughes. 
Ber> 
MoUture 10-25 
Oil 9-10 
' Albuminous com- 
pounds (flesli-form- 
ing matters) . . . 27-75 
Mucilage, sugar, and 
digestible fibre . . 31'54 
Woody fibre .... 10-76 
' Mineral matter . . lO'GO 
100-00 
■ Containing nitrogen . 4-44 
„ sand . . 5-05 
This is an impure cake, con- 
taining over 5 per cent, of 
sand. 
June 9, 1891. 
Moisture 9-20 
Oil lO-tiO 
' Albuminous com- 
pounds (flesli-forni- 
ing matters) . . . 29-11 
Mucilage, sugar, and 
digestible fibre . . 34-30 
Indigestible fibre . . 10-33 
Mineral matter . . 6-4G 
100-00 
• Containing nitrogen . 4-60 
= „ sand . . 1-10 
This is a pure linseed cake 
made from very clean seed. 
June 18, 1891. 
^•ARD Dyi-;h. 
Moisture 11-03 
Oil 12-16 
' Albuminous com- 
pounds (flesh-form- 
ing matters) . . . 25-94 
Mucilage, sugar, and 
digestible fibre . . 34-81 
Indigestible fibre . . 7-63 
- Mineral matter. . . 8-43 
100-00 
' Containing nitrogen . 4-15 
= „ sand . . 2-96 
July 4, 1891. 
Messrs. Hewetsoii's letter was laid before the Chemical Com- 
luittee at its meeting held on November 3, when the Secretary was 
instructed to reply as follows : — 
Hoyal Agricultural Society of England, 12, Hanover Square, Londoh, W. : 
November 0, 1801. 
Gkntljomex, — I laid before the Chemical Committee, at their meeting|held 
on Tuesday last, your letter of the 20th ultima, and am instructed to inform 
you that they are in no way unwilling to publish the correspondence which 
has been brought to their notice, if you think it desirable that this should be 
done. 
At the same time, tlie Committee must point out to you that when — as 
stated in Messrs. Wakeley's letter of October 28 — a further sample was drawn 
by them from the lot delivered to Mr. Finn, it was found on analysis to con- 
tain practically 8 per cent, of sand, which, as you are aware, is iu exce.ss of 
wliat a pure cake should contain. 
AN'itli I'cferenee to your remark, that "it is cl 'ar tliat the oriplniil 
