148 
Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1869. 
1. On Field-experiments on Clover-seeds and Permanent 
Pasture. 
2. On the Chemistry of the Silesian Sugar-beet. 
Anahjses made for Members of the Boyal Agricultural Society, December, 
1868, to December, 1869. 
Guanos (natural) 44 
Artificial guanos and similar compounds .. .. 23 
Superpliospliates and dissolved bono-uiauures .. 104 
Bone-dust 12 
Refuse manures 9 
Nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia .. .. 23 
Marls, limestones, and other minerals .. .. 34 
Hoils 20 
Oilcakes 106 
Feeding meals 24 
Vegetable productions 26 
Waters 27 
Milk and butter 6 
Examinations for poison 7 
Total 465 
Having been requested by the Council to submit to the 
Monthly Council in March, June, and December, a Report on 
the various samples of adulterated manures and feeding-cakes 
forwarded to me for analysis by members of the Society, so that 
such Report, together with the names of the dealers who sup- 
plied the substances analysed, shall, if the Council think fit, be 
published in the Agricultural Journals, at the Monthly Council 
meeting held on December 8th I presented the following Report 
in accordance with the above request. 
Analysis No. 1 represents the composition of a sample of 
guano which I analysed for Mr. C. C. Hamilton, Harlstone. 
This analysis was produced by Messrs. Perkins and Sons, auc- 
tioneers, of Southampton, at the time of the sale. No. 2 shows 
the composition of a material sent to me as a sample of the bulk, 
bought by auction by Mr. Horace Leggatt, Brownwich, Titch- 
field, Hants : — 
No. 1. No. 2. 
Moisture 15-28 
*Organic matter and salts of ammonia .. 46'41 
Phosphate of lime and magnesia (bone) oa-q- 
earth) |" 
Oxide of iron and alumina (clay) .. .. .. .... 11'84 
Sulphate of lime 2-28 .... 43-52 
Carbonate of lime .. .... '70 
Alkaline salts 8-71 .... 1-70 
Insoluble siliceous matter 2-67 .... 7-08 
4-66 
22-22 
8-28 
100-00 100-00 
* Containing nitrogen 12-06 .... 1-99 
Equal to ammonia l4-fif) .... 2-42 
