752 
QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL 
COMMITTEE, 
December, 1892. 
1. Mr. J. A. Fowler, of Inverbroom House, by Garve, Ross-shire, 
N.B., sent on February 10, 1892, two samples of Linseed-cake, 
marked respectively A and B, for analysis, upon which the follow- 
ing Reports were returned : — 
A 
Moisture 
Oil 
' Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 
^Voody fibre (cellulose) ..... 
® Mineral matter (ash) 
’ containing nitrogen .... 
^ including sand ..... 
February 17, 1892. 
12-35 
6-83 
3010 
32-29 
V 10000 
9-33 
9-10/ 
4-81 
3-75 
About the most impure cake I have ever analysed. 
B 
Moisture 
Oil . . 
’ Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 
AVoody fibre (cellulose) 
* Mineral matter (ash) 
' containing nitrogen ..... 
“ including sand ..... 
February 17, 1892. 
llOo^ 
8-Ot) 
30-37 
36-87 f 
8-00 
5-65/ 
100-00 
4-86 
-60 
Not at all pure, nor of good quality. 
Both tliese cakes had been purchased from Mr. Alexander 
Mactavish, Agricultural and Seed Merchant, 14 and 16 Castle Street, 
Inverness, and the order having been a verbal one, and the invoice 
not stating what kind of cake the deliveries consisted of, Mr. Fowler 
wrote to the vendor to inquire. He received the following 
reply 
" J. A, Fowler, Esq., of Inverbroom. Inverness : February 24, 1892. 
“ Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of yours of yesterday’s date, for which I 
am obliged, and, in reply, the cakes sent you are made from pure Linseed, 
and for your requirements, booked now, delivery March-April, I would 
accept same price as last lot, viz. : — 
* * * Linseed-cake ....... 9/. 10s. 
t t >} 16^- 10s. 
Net cash. Your orders would oblige, and have ray best attention. — 
Yours truly. 
“ Alexander Mactavish.' 
