Papers presented to the House of Commons relating to experiments ... to ascertain the relative qualities of malt made from barley and Scotch bigg; &c.
- Great Britain. H.M. Customs and Excise
- Date:
- [1806]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Papers presented to the House of Commons relating to experiments ... to ascertain the relative qualities of malt made from barley and Scotch bigg; &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![-i. ( The'Granaries in which 'the different fpecies of grain were lodged at cJmmiSners cf Edinburgh were fitted up with ieparate diviiions, in which each particular <Ekc)(c, Scotland, to pjrcj was depofited lo as to .prevent any one being blended or confounded th?^!1:c with another. This ieparation .was moft Rr-i&ly attended to during the -w-- whole progrels or the Experiments, no part of any paicei being taken out for trial, without am accurate note being.made from what divifion it was drawn. In this mode the accuracy ot the Experiments, in regard to the kinds of grain made uie of, was, we apprehend, complete]s fccci.ed. After thefe preliminary Reps had been taken, the com ie ot Lxpc» irnems was beaun. , As already mentioned, Drs. Hope, Coventry, ana Ihomfon, .had the diredtion and fuperintendeiace of the various operations. We ■ further dire&ed ‘Mr. Grant, General Surveyor, to take the immediate man a cement ot the bulineis in io far-as tue revenue v. as conceited, and to attend the meetings .. of the fuperintending Committee, to give every affiRance.m his power on thefe occafions. Proper Officers were appointed to attend and Purvey during the whole of the operations. Profeflional men of known ability were engaged, for conducting the .different proceffes of Malting, Brewing, and DiRiiling. This detail of our proceedings we thought it right to lay before your Lordfhips, for fatisfying your Lordfhips and Parliament ; how far the Experiments, of which the remits are Rated in the Report herewith trani- mitted, can he relied on, io far as regards the different fpecies ot grain provided, and the manner in which the operations referred to were in General conducted and carried through. ° We beg leave juft to add, that Mr. Grant -being at, prefent in London by orders of your .Lordfhips, will he ready to .attend at any time that your Lordfliips or the Committee of Parliament may defire his aiiiRance ; and .will then give every explanation and information that may be wifhed upon .the. iubjedl of the Report, or any of the particulars connedted with it. We have the honour to remain, with great refpecl, My Lords, Your Lordfhips moR obedient .and moR faithful humble fervants, J. Wharton, yo. Stuart. bV Sto dart. Rod Graham. P.'S. The Report is contained in a box add re Red to their Lordfhips, fent bv the Mail Coach, being too large for PoR. Excife Office, Edinburgh, 17th May-1806. Rieht Honbe u T^he Lords Commiffioners of His MajeRy’s Treafury.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30448943_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
