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men will be enabled to explain the transaction to the satis- 
faction of all. 
We remain with respect yours, 
Haskell & Merrick. 
REPORT 
Of the Committee of Inspection to the Board of Trustees* 
Read and accepted 19 th of November, 1846. 
The Committee of Inspection to whom was referred for 
examination, an article purporting to be Iodide of Potas- 
sium, but which was supposed to be a sophistication, respect- 
fully report, 
That in the presence of the Professor of Chemistry, 
whose valuable aid is always ready upon such occasions, 
this committee made the following minutes of the package 
submitted, and the experiments upon its contents. 
It was in an ounce wide-mouth vial, of French pattern 
and appearance, cork stopped, and labelled on green paper, 
" H. S. Carnes, Produits Chimiques et Pharmaceutiques, 
1 oz. Hyd. Potass. 14 bis, Rue Neuve St. Nicholas a 
Paris," and sealed " H. S. C." (in old English letters,) 
" Paris," (in Roman letters under the first,) on black wax 
covering the top of the vial. 
The article, in general appearance and shape of crystals, 
exactly resembles Iodide of Potassium. The taste is like 
that of common salt, but a little more pungent. 
It is readily soluble in water, though it appears to require 
a much larger proportion than effects a solution of the 
Iodide, probably as much as three parts, but this point was 
not accurately ascertained. With acetate of lead it threw 
down a heavy white precipitate. 
Sulphuric acid poured upon it in a bent tube produced 
a brisk effervescence, and at first an evolution of heavy red- 
dish orange fumes, which could be poured out, and fell 
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