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Assuming, for the sake of comparison, that all the samples contained 
85 per cent of water, which was the amount found in those from the 
Canadian cargo No. III., the results of the analyses may be stated as 
follows :— 
i: II. III. Iv. 
SUUMMINEO TOs Se et. te te ee ee te oe» 08 2.3 at 0.9 
MUMS tha teh. se +s 6s yee » O.2 } none none : 
CMMIREON as Gy +s 6 +s te +. >. -29.7.. 28:0 23.2 21.3 
Magnesia. . . PR Ass ee 3.3 2.9 4.1 
Oxides of iron, manganese, ana aluminum 0.8 L:7 1.5. ef 
Pid en TO LS 1.3 1.4 1.1 
Dammmeee acid 26. One 0.2 0.1 0.1 
pieeeeolube im alkali .:..-.-.-s-.-+ 2.6 2.3 2.8 3.9 
IR ele ss. ta a. - e - 19,9 18.2 17.1 20.2 
Ue te te ws 08 Sau 5.0) 26.8 
a Sr RP |S RE 10.3 § 
UMetEetr ee. ee wg ae » 89.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 
ermmameeor ime? , 7. >... tw OSD 50. 42, 38. 
These results accord very nearly with an analysis made twenty years 
ago by Otto Stein,* of leached ashes from a soapboiler’s at Heilbronn 
in Germany. ‘These leached ashes were largely used as a manure by the 
peasants of the Odenwald, and were highly esteemed by them. The 
sample analyzed was taken from a large store of the material which was 
of dark-gray color and in part soft and sticky, while the rest was drier 
and admixed-with fragments of lime and charcoal. 
The sample, dried at 212° F., contained : — 
( POURS cri ik mat Beis coun ON ee (PET 
; ES ER ae sits fea ae ok ah ade Uae 
fat ‘ones im ina Chloride of Sodan” ae he sh Renee 
oning Water +++ "== | Carbonates of. Alkaline éarihe ee FONTS 
Silica and organic matters . . . . 0.86 
ROLE WIS tc es tee Woe? OS Lo 
BOOT PI) Oh PM SAG 
Selplinris acidin gaaricrd sivrest a0s46 
Phosphoric acidic 1, ol, ‘a5 a pieyio-5 1-14 
Matters soluble in fietiaror SYons Me ese eee. 1 
ehlorhydric acid...69.73= | Alumina. . ...... . 8.08 
TADIO ae et a ee Ce re 2 SO DF 
Magnesiatos “ceo at ht. 9.6208 
Carhonle. ait va: ethan vole dia? Sane ahe 
Carbon b) ie le te ens lt Ae 
* “ Journal fiir praktische Chemie,” 1854, 63. 51. 
