546 Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee , July , 1 894. 
and did not invoice them as Linseed Cakes. As to the mould there was 
none on when the cake left here, or we should not have sent it. 
The oil, as already pointed out, might have been reduced by the mould. 
We very much regret the mould came, but it is no fault of ours. We 
do not know what influences, such as damp and close atmosphere, the cake 
was subjected to after leaving here — influences favourable to the develop- 
ment of mould. Your friend should have kept part of the cake sent to 
Voelcker that it might have been retested. Oil is worth four shillings per 
unit, and as that is 4 per cent, below our guarantee, we will allow on that 
basis, or, to end the matter, 1/. per ton, which we think should meet the case. 
Dr. Voelcker might send Mr. Penney part of his cake, but one piece is 
no criterion of a bulk. — Yours faithfully, A. Denniss & Co. 
Ultimately Mr. Stanier was made an allowance by the vendor 
of 61. on the transaction, 51. of which, the latter stated, had been 
allowed to him by Messrs. Denniss & Co. 
4. Mr. D. W. Philip, of The Ashes, Whitacre, near Birmingham, 
submitted for analysis, on June 6, a sample of manure which, he 
stated, was manufactured by a horse slaughterer, and was sold at 
51. per ton. Mr. Philip had not actually purchased any, but sent a 
sample first in order to ascertain what the value of the manure was. 
Dr. Voelcker’s report was : — 
June 12, 1894. 
Moisture .... 
48-45 
Organic matter 
550 
Phosphate of lime . 
4-22 
Oxide of iron, &c. . 
3234 
Sand .... 
9-49 
1 containing nitrogen 
2-73 
equal to ammonia 
3-31 
A poor manure, nearly 60 per cent, of which is ihade up of water and 
sand, and it is not worth more than a third of the price you are asked to pay. 
It is in bad condition. 
No further particulars were obtainable. 
5. Mr. R. O. Taylor, of Perton Court, near Wolverhampton, 
sent, on June 22, for analysis, a sample of what was invoiced to him as 
“ Roasted Nitrate of Soda.” The price charged was 31. per ton 
delivered. 
Dr. Yoelcker’s report was as follows : — 
July 10, 1894. 
Moisture 3 - 89 . 
Nitrate of soda ’39 
Potash 2 03 J- 100-00 
Insoluble silicious matter ..... 3 - 79 1 
Sulphate of soda, oxide of iron, &c 89-90 
This material contains only a very small amount of nitrate of soda, 
which, with about 2 per cent, of potash, constitutes the sole manurial 
