TEE ANAIiYST. 37 NOTES OF THE MONTH. Our readers will feel much interest in the recent decision by Mr. Woolrych at Westminster, to the effect that a vaguely-worded printed slip, t o the effect that this compound is sold as imported and declared according to the Act, section 8,” is not suffi- cient notice to the purchaser under that section. A case has been applied for, and we anxiously await a decision of the supreme court on the point.It is quite clear that the use of such formulae lies in their effect of blinding the public t o the true state of the caw, and hence the value to the sellers. The Act intended that nothing should be sold in a mixed state, unless the ingredients of the mixture be clearly stated (as is done on the cocoa packets of all the great makers), and r e hope that the court of appeal will see the thing in this light, and insist on htterine being sold as avowedly imitation butter pre- pared from animal fat.Kobody could then for a moment object to the article which, as now turned out, is wholesome, and even somewhat palatable. Once more that wretched analyst, who only lives t o persecute honest men ! What do you think he has been doing now ? Actually he has had the audacity to report exactly according t o the requirements of the Act, and so our dear friend the Chemist and Druggist once more deservedly shows him up.Why does he not give, in his quarterly reports, the results of convictions? What does it matter that he has no power to order, or responsibility in carrying out, prosecutions, seeing that it is his clear duty to break the requirements of the Act, and interfere with the province of the local authorities ? Poor analyst, when can he ever do right ? He is charged with initiating all proceedings, and when he distinctIy shows that it is not his business, he is taunted with not reporting the result of the work of others. We despair of ever satisfying the Chemist and D,*uggist ; t o him an analyet, no matter how spotless, is but a red rag thrown before B bull, and he38 THE ANALYBT.gores the rag when he cannot get at the inciividual. After all what is it but the true spirit of the colliery districts, as exhibited in the famous dialogue ;-‘‘ Who’s that ? ”- ‘I Stranger.”--“ Let’s heave half a brick at him ! ” and so our friend goes on heaving.his bricke, which luckily fall softly, and break on our backs. It amuses him, andit docs not hurt us, so ah3 k bagatelk .’ One is always meeting those who are complaining of the want of “harmony ” among analytical chemists, but had they been at the annual dinner of our society, they would have found harmony reign supreme. Even grave and potent members of the “ Institute ” unbent themselves, and lent their songs and stories to keep up the jdlity.One member was heard to exclaim, under the potent influence of ‘‘ Heidsieck,” that, “ aftcr all, there was more to be gained from F.I.Z. than from F.T.C-both were costly and purely luxuries, but the former was really the more satisfying.” In vino ueritm. Mr. Comyns Leach has been appointed Public Analyst for the County of Dorset, and Dr.W. Morgan has been appointed Public Analyst for the County of Pembroko. Mr. R. H. Ridout has been appointed Public Analyst for the Borough of Monmoutb, also for the Borough of Poole. vice E. H. Jones deceased. RECENT CHEMICAL PATENTS. The following specificctions have been published during the pest month, and can be obtained from the Great Seal Offlce, Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, London.1878. Name of Patentee. NO. 2130 5. Pitt . . . . . . 2182 F. Wirth . . . . . . 222 1 , , . . . . . . 2619 ,, . . . . . . 2203 E. W. Parnell, and J. 2211 H. H. Murdoch ... 2231 C. W. Heaton ,.. 2308 W. Hollman ... 2397 W. R. Lake ... 2101 B. Dubos ...... 2489 T. Redwood ... 3023 A. Allhusen ... ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simpson .... . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . Tltle of Patent. Prlce. Manufacture of Carbonate of Soda Manufacturing Phosphoric Acid and Super-Phosphate ... Manufacture of Phosphate of Potassa or Phosphate of Manufacture of Pyroxyline and Nitro-CeUuloee . . . . . . . . . soda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacture of Caustic Alkalies .. . . . . . . . . . . Refining of Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purifying Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining Vegetable Charcoal . . . . . . . . . . . . Carburetting Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Appsratue for producing Wlectric Light . . . . . . . . . Manufacture of Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manwfacture of Soda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4a. 4a. 2d. 4d. 6d. 4d. 6d. 2d. 2d. 2d. r l , I d . BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED. The ChemLt and Druggist; The Brewers’ Guardian; The British Nedioal Journal; !W Medical Press ; The Pharmaceutical Journal ; The Sanitary Record ; The Miller ; The Anti-Adulteration Review; Journal of Applied Science; The Boston Journal of Chemistry; The Dairyman; The American Dairyman; The Practitioner; American New Remedia.