Show i n 1 three kinds discovered heretofore unknown to chemists A recent number of the new bulletin english contains some particulars of a very interesting problem which some 3 ears ago was submitted by the treasury to the kew authority the question was does natural sugar occur in tobacco and in the investigation of this polut point some joaie striking facts have been brought to light the amas ury authorities were of course chiefly interested from a fiscal point of view the dut duty von on tobacco other than cigars being as gd cd except in of sweetened tobacco which is ia charged at as lod but cigarettes made of the sweetened article are not allowed to be imported at all before this investigation it was generally admitted that tobacco did not contain more than a trace of saccharine matter on the advice of prof church dr hugo miller was called in the latter making a thorough examination of the question commercial samples of bright virginia tobacco undoubtedly free from adulteration were found to contain as much as per cent of saccharine matter sun dried leaves of tabacum grown at ii kew ew contained ca per cent and those of the same species grown at ewell railway station as much as 9 per cent dr miller finds the saccharine matter to bo be optic optically aly ina inactive tire when tested 01 by the he is of thi the opinion that ile neither aher cane sugar nor glucose corse is present in the saccharine matter but that it ia 19 compo composed Ged of at least three sugar like substances cers probably hitherto unknown |