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Hammersmith 1905

Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906

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TABLE V. Samples of Known Origin.

Rice.Price.Finish.Total Ash.Insoluble Ash.Residual Ash.
Carolina6d.Dull0.220.010.21
,,4½ d.110.290.020.27
,,4d.Polishedo.630.440.24
,,4d.,,o.860.410.45
Patna:
Foreign cleaned3d. to 4d.,,0.710.300.41
,, ,,2½d.,,1.070.70o.37
,, ,,2½d.,,1.140.730.41
Broken, London milled2½d.,,0.900.500.40
,, ,,2½d.Slightly polished0.800.420.38
English cleaned3d. to 4d.,, ,,0.870.470.40
,, ,,3d.,, ,,0.920.560.36
,, ,,3d.,, ,,1.o80.780.30
Japan3d.Dull0.220.0010.219
Siam, Dutch cleaned..,,0.400.030.37
Bassein:
German cleaned2d.Polished077°.350.42
,, ,,2d.Polished (con-taining damaged grains)1.10o.6o0.50
Java:
Natural cleaned2½d.Dull0.330.0150.315
Foreign cleaned...Polished0.780.340.44
Indigo treated4d.,,0.820.440.38
,, ,,2d.,,1.260.90036
English cleaned2½d.,,0.710.310.40
,, ,,2½d.,,0.740.430.31
,, ,,2½d.,,0.990.710.28
,, ,,2½d.,,1.14o.731.41
Dutch cleaned3d.,,0.400.070.33*
,, ,,3d.,,0.510.010.50
,, ,,3d.,,0.540.250.29
,, ,,3d.,,0.730.350.38
,, ,,3d.,,0.990.490.50
Burma1½d.Dull0.30trace...
Rangoon :
Rice with hull• • •Brown2.621.42†1.20
Rice de-hulled in the laboratory...Very dull1.320.13†1.19
Oil-dressed, in Holland...Slightly polished0.300.010.29
Broken, London milled...Dull0.520.170.37
Antwerp milled...Polished1.150.820.35

•Probably polished by oil or some other process.
† Practically all silica.