542 Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee , July, 1894. 
May 4. 43 bags linseed cake, 4 tons 1 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lb., 61. 13-s. 9 d. per 
ton on rail = 27/. 3s. lOd. 
a footnote reading : — 
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act 1893. 
The above cakes are warranted made from cleaned seed only, without 
admixture ; but as such seed can neither be grown absolutely pure, nor 
made so by machinery, the cakes must necessarily contain a small portion of 
the natural impurities grown with the seed. 
Dr. Voelcker’s report was 
Moisture 
. 12-62. 
Oil 
. 10-15 
Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) 
. 31-19 
Mucilage, sugar, and digestible fibre 
. 31-75 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 
. 7-85 
Mineral matter (ash) ..... 
. 644/ 
1 containing nitrogen ..... 
4-99 
2 including sand .... . . 
. 1-14 
May 24, 1894. 
10000 
An impure cake containing a great deal of weed seeds, chiefly spurry. 
When Mr, Norris complained, the vendors wrote : — 
36 Mark Lane, E.C. : May 30, 1894. 
James Norris, Esq., Blechingley. 
Deak Sib, — We have yours of yesterday, and have cancelled your order 
for linseed. We shall send down to-morrow, as arranged, to sample the 
linseed cake of which you complain, but it must be understood that we do 
not admit any liability in the matter. If you had any cause of complaint 
or claim you should have given due notice according to the Act within ten 
days after receipt of the goods or the invoice, whichever was the later, 
instead of which you paid for the goods on May 16 (some time after 
receiving both goods and invoice) without one word of complaint, and it is 
not till thirteen days after payment that you intimate that you are not 
satisfied. As you are aware, we do not sell cake to be “ absolutely pure,” 
as it must necessarily contain some foreign seeds grown with the linseed, 
and which cannot by any possible process be dressed out of it, and therefore 
the cake you have received may possibly contain some small percentage of 
“ spurry ” or other seeds, and this is distinctly expressed in our invoice ; 
but if, as you allege, it does contain “ spurry,” this seed, we are advised, 
contains starch, and is quite harmless. 
You seem to be under the erroneous impression that the trade is to be 
bound by anything Mr. Voelcker says or reports, and you must allow us to 
say that you have not proceeded at all in accordance with the Act, as if 
you were not satisfied with the cake you should have given us notice, that 
we may jointly take three samples and seal — one to be taken by us, one 
retained by you, and one sent to the County Analyst (not to Voelcker), 
and, if necessary, one to be afterwards sent to the Chief Analyst of the 
County, whose decision would be final. Not having acted in conformity 
with the Act, you have forfeited your right to claim. — Yours truly, 
(Signed) Tayloe & Pinnock. 
Dr. Voelcker, in reply, pointed out that the limitation of ten days 
only applied in the case of samples analysed under the Fertilisers 
and Feeding Stuffs Act, and did not apply to samples submitted, 
