to be very suitable for planting in certain of our 
barren mountainous regions where : 
would be impossible. 
Two varieties of oil are obtained from the seeds, distinguished 
as white t'ung oil, which is cold drawn and is a yellow, trans- 
parent, moderately thick oil used in Central China for varnishing 
furniture and umbrellas, for lighting purposes, and for making 
oiled paper. The other form is known as black t'ung oil, which 
by heat and pressure, and is a thick, blackish, opaque 
liquid which is cheaper in price than the other kind, and is used 
for coarser work, as in making putty used in caulking boats, for 
painting boats, &c. ; the latter varietv does not appear to be 
exported. 
Wood oil is stated to be the best drving oil known, and to be 
?" ' l '" i h \' " - i *l*?ct to linseed oil. " The chief use to which it 
ls l" ,r i!l China is for preserving woodwork, to which it imparts a 
clear glossy appearance, Chinese junkmen use no paint in the 
upkeep of their vessels— only this oil, which answers the purpose 
itrably, the boats having a marvellously clean appearance and 
sported from Wenchow to 
I in the e 
Within the past ten years t'ung oil has been exported in 
increasing quantities to European and American ports, the 
Americans being the first to appreciate the qualities of the oil. 
ilf / PP , T m 4 " t0 °" cwt casks > and there is of ten considerable 
loss from leakage— sometimes as much as 35 per cent. ; therefore 
S: r a c ^Ty s made t0 indace the Chinese to empioy casks of 
p Jtti °a * ^wMy adulterated with, it is believed, bean oil 
SS^k J r T • ", se - ed8 of GllJcim his ?> ida > Maxim -> which 
n Tp\ 5 5? dry A ng P ro P erti ^ Smaller quantities of the 
IS ffK °? ft nton ' this bein S considered of superior 
quality to that exported from Hankow. 
Large quantities of oil _ 
Hong Kong, thence to Singapore for distribute 
be gathered^ ta^poyediuSL I T^ S ° fa l aB Ca " 
for linseed in some imlnstr e, »n , • , a ° u ne9 ' as a 8abs ' itnte 
m« .^..ter^Mc^ the 
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peJJsss %btisr^%5r h s ^ haTO ™«*°»* 
01 tile f o"o wing table supplied by them, 
