CIXXAMOX- 



:assia. 



419. 



Vol. L, p. 195. 



Cinnamon. The shipments of Ceylon cinnamon cliips from 

 Colomba and Galle in 1892 were as follows : — 



To the United Kingdom . . . 

 „ Austria 

 „ Belgium 

 „ France... 

 „ Germany 

 „ Holland 



„ Italy 



„ India ... 

 „ Australia 



Total 



iis compared with 



1891 



1890 



1889 



The export lists for the first 

 figures. 



3 months of 1893 also show larcje 



Vol. L, p. 205. 



Cassia. From information obtained by Messrs. Schimmel & 

 'Co. direct from Messrs. Melchers & Co., of Canton, it appears that 

 the Chinese oil of cassia is prepared in China from the leaves, leaf- 

 stalks, flower-stalks of the " cassia-buds,"* and young twigs of the 

 cassia shrub, which are by-products in stripping the bark.f 

 Samples of the raw materials obtained from Canton ha^'e been 

 .examined,;|: and reported upon as follows : — 



a. " Cassia Bud-stalks. Small, thin stalks about 1 m. m. thick 

 and 5 m. m. long, possessing a strong and pure cinnamon 

 taste. 614 kilos distilled by us yielded 10 kilos 120 gr., 

 or 1-64 per cent of a beautifully bright oil with excellent 

 sweet taste, indicating a high percentage of aldehyde. 



■* Flores cassia' immaturcc, vol. i., p. 208. 



t Ibid., p. 207. 



: Schimniel & Co., Bericlit, Oct., 1S92. 



