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showed that the organism in samples of recent importa- 
tion was dividing a6lively," while on page 10 they state 
" its power of multiplication by division soon becomes 
latent in the spirit," and on page II that "it cannot be 
supposed that the organism is existing in favourable con- 
ditions in rum of such alcoholic strength ;" strikingly 
different conclusions. 
On page 3, as a proof that their results are accurate, 
they state that " the proprietors of one of the estates, 
who received from us a report on the subje6l, have 
advised us that their crops since made have been pra6li- 
cally sound, while those of other manufa6lurers have been 
even more faulty than before. Further comment appears 
superfluous." Those not cognisant with the fa6ls of the 
case might agree with their conclusion, but the true fa6ls 
do not support it. It is well-known that during the last 
two years complaints about "faultiness" have rapidly 
decreased in number, not alone in conne6lion Vvith the 
estates which belong to proprietors who have consulted 
the authors of the work, but also with the majority ot 
estates in the Colony. This has certainly not been due 
to the adoption of precautions suggested by Mr. and Mrs. 
Veley, but to much more obvious causes. We are not 
aware that on any estate in this Colony have the pre- 
cautions suggested by them been adopted. In fa6\ their 
alleged discovery had received pra6lically no recognition 
from the planters of the Colony. 
On page 8 appears a list of the samples examined, vvith 
the dates of their importation. This list furnishes us 
with proof that, with one exception, a sample noticed in 
our preceding paper, the rums tested by Mr. and Mrs, 
Veley were distin6l from any which we have received 
and examined. 
On page 9 we find the admission that "the presence 
of the micro-organism always accompanies the turbidity 
or faultiness is of itself no proof that the former is the 
sole cause of the latter," and later experiments are ad- 
duced to show that both undiluted and diluted faulty 
rum can be converted into sound samples by withdrawing 
the organism, and that sound rum could be converted into 
faulty rum by adding it. 
