General News.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3865, 19 May 1881, Page 2

General News.

An Auckland chemist has an interesting cabinet collection of specimens illustrating the composition of variourertides oifppa and.drink, and which ha« be**pf*pup& by Sonthall Brothers and~. jkrcfajr, analytical chemists ,Birmrogh^m. $he specimens are resolved into their constituent elements, each constituent being placed in a separate bottle, «o that on loffinng along the row the amount #f nourishment, or flesh-forming, or fatty substance in each exhibit is seen at a cbrace/^ Speci* ■'' men No. 1 is a hal&p^n<M<»&«]iiojMß shownvto contain a targe aqtodSc dritarea about 3ozs of water, I»z of nitrogenous or fleiu-formrag matter; $oz of fattjnutter,' and each of mineral matter and sugar. No. 2 is Jib of lean beef, which contains 2ozs flesh-forming matter, mineral, afid |oz of fatty matter. No. 3is £lb *f pea*, the nutritious qualities of which are rally illustrated ; the |lb contains 3ozs starch, " no less than Sots of flesh-forming- matter, 2ozs of water, %6z mineral salts, 3 drachms fatty. matter, and 2 dr«cfcmsof sugar. No. 4 is |lb fat cheesej wh^sh is-also rich in flesh-forming material^ tq the extent of be t ween 3oa» and 4ozs, and contains 3«zs fatty mattvr, and £os» mineral Matter. No. 5 is $lb potatoes; th«M, notwtthstanding their figuring ao largely in the , diet of the people of Itfeiaadt-are not conspionous for flesh• forming, qualities;. *t the contains 6ozs water, staroh, 2 drachms flesh-forming tnatter,rl?az sugar, % drachm fatty matter, and % drachm mineral. It appears that their nutri* cious qualities are. best conserved when boiled in their "jacketi." No. 6 is eggs, which show up well as fleshforming material. The oootaias 4qzs water, 2ozs flesh, forming matter, 2 dra/shma mineral, and loz fatty matter. No. fia half-pint of «tlk, which Also is : proreof to be nutritious. 'The half-pint contains sozs of water, irrespectire of what may be introduced Jby the milkman, 6 drachms of flesh forming matter, sozs fatty matter, loz sugar,f and • small quantity of mineral. No. Bis half.piat of beer, which, notwithstanding its faunted" ■* nutritious power comes out badly under the crucial test of the laboratory at the hands of the chemist; it oontains 6ozs water, 4 drachms alcohol (tuatia^JlugHslt beer), %oz sugar, an 4 ooy f grains of flesh forming matter-^|«A - Moigh to sircar by-a result that if m gUdtlen the heart erf that K reat airtfcmty p»b*er, Mr H.rdfog. No; rif a telf^At^pif pprt wine, which belief all the coiffdence ' hitherto Toaehsafed to it. BLaltuirTiint of " rare old port" oontaioa, it aee^na, 7ozs water, loz alcokoU 2. daachmii sugar^ and 5 grains of flesh<forming iMiUer,, or immeasurably less thau a half-pound loaf.— Herald. . . " f v. "•

Times hare altered since the passineof Jf• .N* w ZeaUnd. Appropriation AcTiw xhe deU% are' m follow*s~Fo* his Exeelleoey ts^Gorernor and establishment, £1450 j for Coioni*l Secretary's department, £1915; for 'AttorneyGeneral, £§&>; the Cetonial frea- - BmMuMv * •^&*»WaMll3s; for council house, «A^ of SSr™* divw«»» and establishment, t.SW; for Crown Solicitor, Southern diwsion, £160; for Board of Audit, £325 ; for Customs establishment, £400; I??«° ler C<mrt ' £25i0 * «* loaal' «W»» ±,1352; for coroners, £80; sheriffs and gaols, £1615; for eeelesiastiMil- s ciÜbhshments £200- f* department. *6W; for harbor establishments, inclusiTe of signal stations 'and powder £1058; for poblic works, £2710; M 3? at*$ c Qf lotte^ °o I>ttblio sertiee, tIW; for commis«ohef of titles and °la'm> ( toland. £2800 j.Jqr registry of deeds, £200: for magistrate ahS'SicS »ae^£24pO; for general ooafagencies, fSVJ^Sfff ln tUe whole to thy As an instance of jooroatistic enterprise, we may mention that th» JfolbouTM Ar«s telegraphed to New ZeSSdSS Ml tolegmphtc details ewiewSSr'SS wreck of the Tararu. The Ar^nS ceired some 3000 words, which co«t *t » round numbers about £150,