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The Council have fixed the following rates of Charge for Analyses to 
be made by the Consulting Chemist for Members of the Society ; who 
(to avoid all unnecessary correspondence) are particularly requested, 
when applying to him, to mention the kind of analysis they require, 
and to quote its number in the subjoined schedule. The charge for 
analysis, together with the carriage of tlie specimens, must be paid to 
him by members at the time of their application. 
Xo. 1. — An opinion of the genuineness of Peruvian guano, bone- 
dust, or oil-cake (each sample) 5s. 
„ 2. — An analysis of guano ; showing the proportion of moisture, 
organic matter, sand, phosphate of lime, alkaline salts, 
and ammonia .. .. .. .. .. .. 10s. 
„ 3.— An estimate of the value (relatively to the average of 
samples in the market) of sulphate and muriate of am- 
monia, and of the nitrates of potash and soda . . . . 10s. 
„ 4. — rAn analysis of superphosphate of lime for soluble phos- 
phates only . . . . . . . . . . . . 10s. 
„ 5. — An analysis of superphosphate of lime, showing the pro- 
portions of moisture, organic matter, sand, soluble and 
insoluble phosphates, sulphate of lime, and ammonia .. £1. 
„ 6. — An analysis (sufficient for the detennination of its agricul- 
tural value) of any ordinary artificial manure .. .. £1. 
„ 7. — Limestone : — the proportion of lime, 7s. %d. ; the propor- 
tion of magnesia, 10s. ; the proportion of bme and mag- 
nesia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15s. 
„ 8. — ^Limestone or marls, including carbonate, phosphate, and 
sulphate of lime, and magnesia with sand and clay .. £1. 
„ 9. — Partial analysis of a soil, including determinations of clay, 
sand, organic matter, and carbonate of lime .. .. £1. 
„ 10. — Complete analysis of a soil . . . . . . . . . . £3. 
„ 11. — An analysis of oil-cake, or other substance used for feeding 
purjwses ; showing the proportion of moisture, oil, 
mineral matter, albuminous matter, and woody fibre ; 
as well as of starch, gum, and sugar, in the aggregate £1. 
„ 12. — Analyses of any vegetable product .. .. .. .. £1. 
„ 13. — Analyses of animal products, refuse substances used for 
manure, &c. .. .. .. .. from 10s. to 30s. 
„ 14. — Determination of the " hardness " of a sample of water 
before and after boiling .. .. .. .. .. 10s. 
„ 15. — Analysis of water of land drainage, and of water used for 
irrigation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £2. 
„ 16.— Determination of nitric acid in a sample of water . . .. £1. 
N.B. — The above Scale of Charges is not applicable to Analyses made for 
Persons commercially eivgaged in the Manufacture of any Substance for Saie. 
The Address of Professor Voelcker, the Consulting Chemist of the Society, 
is Cirencester, Gloucestershire, to which he requests that all letters and parcels 
(postage«nd carriage paid) should be directed: for the convenience, however, or 
persons residing in London, parcels sent to the Society's Office, No. 12, Hanover 
Square, will be forwarded to Cirencester once or twice a week. 
