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" factory in this country, being perfectly bright and 

 -' clear and of excellent quality. They comprise the oils 

 " of cinnamon bark and cinnamon leaf (the letter easily 

 " distinguishable by its odour partaking of cloves as 

 " well as cinnamon) oil of green cloves, oil of dried 

 " cloves, " light " oil of cloves (distilled from the clove 

 " stalks) oil of petit grain and oil of verbena {Andropo- 

 " gon Citratus). Some fixed oils of good appearance are 

 " also shown from the same Estate (Henley villa Estate), 

 " including Castor oil and candle nut oil (Aleurites 

 '' triloba) also sperm oil and turtle oil. Candle nut oil 

 " (Bankoul oil) and turtle oil deserve to be much better 

 '' known in this country than they appear to be at 

 " present. The candle nut oil is of a pale colour, and 

 " is said to be odourless and tasteless ; it is a drying oil, 

 " but forms a useful lamp oil which burns with a 

 " brillant light and without any objectionable odour. 

 " This oil could be prepared in unlimited quantity for 

 " comercial purposes.^^ 



The Australian soap works of Mauritius and Messrs L. 

 Durandand Guerard and Anglesie of Seychelles exhibit- 

 ed some very good soaps made from coconut oil. It seems 

 that in the manufacture of soaps from coconut oil, a 

 greater quantity of water can be used than with any 

 other known oil fat, for a solid cake of soap can be made 

 from 75 per cent of water and 25 per cent of coconut oil, 

 with the necessary alcali added. 



Candles might easily be made in Mauritius, as is done 

 iu Europe,from coconut oil, for local consumption at least. 



