EOSEMARY. 409 



The quantity of santal-wood \Yhich will be placed in auction 

 this year is estimated at from 2,000 to 2,250 tons, — this being a 

 comparatively small quantity, the prices are expected to be high. 

 The first auctions are held in the districts of Shimoga, Kadur and 

 Hassan. Buyers are able to be present at these and yet to reach 

 Mysore and Bengalore (where the chief sales are held), in good 

 time. The chief storage places, called " Kothis " in first-named 

 districts, are Hunsur, Seringapatam, Hassan, Chikmangalore, 

 Jirthahalli, Shimoga and Shikapore. The total amount realized by 

 these sales in 1890 was 882,031 Es. The whole of the business is 

 in the hands of Mohammedan Seits, who attend the auctions either 

 on their own account or as agents of Bombay houses. 



Vol. L, p. 



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Rosemary oil. As doubts still appear to exist relative to the 

 physical and chemical properties of this oil, it may be well to 

 repeat more fully the results of the investigations made by 

 Mr. Cripps and referred to at p. 372 of Vol. I.* The samples 

 examined by him were as follows : — 



ISTo. 1. — A sample of oil distilled by myself in 1888 from 

 fresh leaves and green shoots of my ow^n plants grown 

 in the South of England on a light, loamy soil over 

 chalk, t 

 No. 2. — A similar sample distilled in 1890 from plants of that 

 year. Both being supplied to Mr. Cripps in a state of 

 absolute purity. 

 No. 3. — Received from Mitcham as " English oil," 1890. 

 No. 4. — Stated to be ''a very fine Foreign oil." 

 Before subjecting the oils to chemical tests, they were 

 thoroughly dried by prolonged contact with chloride of calcium 

 and finally filtered. 



Physical chaeacters. Colour. Nos. 1 and 2 are both nearly 

 colourless, having a faint yellowish tint. No. 3 is of a more 

 pronounced yellow, while No. 4 is even more coloured. 



Odour. " It is almost impossible to describe the odour of 



* Pharm. Journ. [3], xxi., p. 937. 



t As described in Pharm. Journ. [.'?], xx., p. 937. 



