1 May, 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 1% 
Public Announcements. 
Tur Editor will be glad to receive any papers of special merit which may 
be read at meetings of Agricultural and Pastoral Associations in Queensland, 
reserving, however, the right to decide whether their value and importance 
will justify their publication. 
WE shall be pleased to receive reports of the progress of Butter and Cheese 
Factories and Creameries for publication. 
Tun Queensland Agricultural Journal will be supplied to all members of Agri- 
cultural and Horticultural Societies who do not derive their livelihood solely 
from the land, on payment, in advance, of an annual subscription of 5s. 
GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL LABORATORY. 
INSTRUCTION FOR THE COLLECTION OF SAMPLES, AND SCALE 
OF FEES. " 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
1. All analyses are carried out in their turn as they arrive at the 
Laboratory. 
2, Should a customer wish for an immediate analysis, the fee, as provided 
by scale of fees below, will be increased by 50 per cent. ' 
3. The samples may be forwarded by parcel post or by rail, either to the 
Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane, or direct to the Chemist, Agricul- 
tural Laboratory, at the Agricultural College, Gatton; but in any case the- 
required fee must be transmitted at the same time. 
4, Analyses will be only carried out, if samples are taken strictly in 
accordance with the instructions issued below. 
SCALE OF FEES. 
Farmers, Selectors, 
Gardeners. 
£ 8. ad. 
Soil—Short analysis (estimation of lime, alkalies, 
; nitrogen, and phosphoric acid) 2 2 0 
Soil and Subsoil—Short analysis . 3 30 
Soil—Complete analysis . 4:14 0 
Water—Analysis gy B10 
Manures— 
Complete analysis >» Be 
Nitrogen only , OY & 
Potash only ei wae a a) tf vn ) Ya 
Phosphoric acid sol. 4} at at aa (01) 
Phosphoric acid insol. . O15 0 
Food Stuffs— 
Complete analysis . 2 2 0 
Water only ‘ » W15-O 
Albuminoids » OD & 
Oil or fat ... o AW vats 
Ash Fr} Oi 
Fibre mn AG se drp As a ce 2 OD GB 
Sugar-cane, sugar-beet, megass—Analysis of ... ake} 
Sugar, massecuite, jelly, molasses ... * dE IL ® 
Milk, butter, cheese—Complete analysis ... ts o two 
Tanning materials (tannin estim.) ... arts on 1 0 0 
Soaps ... i in 353 tes ag 1b 1K) 44) 
3.0 0 
Limestone, cement, clay, &C.... hee xxi Onn) 
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