CINNAMON AND CLOVB <>H, 



CINNAMOMUM 



ZEYLANICUM 



Trade 



into bundles, proMed, ami bouml to^-tln-r. Tln-y ;m- then left for a day 

 or so, until a slight fermentation sets in, which allows of the scraping off of scraping. 

 the I'pidrnnis and the pulpy matter underneath, by means of a curved 

 kiiiff. The barks are then put together as before, but cut into lengths of 

 about 12 inches, placed on wickerwork platforms, and left to dry in the 

 shade until the second day, then finished in the sun. As they dry they 

 contract into the appearance of quills, hence that name was given to them. Quiu. 

 Tin 1 dry spice is made up into bundles of about 30 Ib. each, and three bundles 

 made into a small bale. The bark of the larger shoots cannot be 

 le into quills, but is removed in thick pieces and sold with the 

 rk of the prunings as " chips," which fetch a low price owing to in- 

 rior flavour. The estimated yield per acre is said to be 150 Ib., but might 

 sbably be increased by high cultivation. The true cinnamon, it may 

 added, is very commonly adulterated, especially in powder form, with Adulteration. 

 the ('ASSIA LIQNEA discussed above. 



O//s. Three OILS are obtained from ('. ^cf/lttiiinnn : the bark yields oib. 

 jntial oil of cinnamon, to the extent of to 1 per cent. ; from the 

 ives is expressed a brown viscid essential oil, sometimes exported from 

 as " Clove Oil " (it has a somewhat similar medicinal value to 

 true oil of cloves) ; and from the root a yellow oil which is specifically 

 iter than water and has a strongly camphoraceous flavour. In their 

 )ort for April-May, 1904, Schimmel & Co. discuss several reactions 

 distinguishing between Ceylon cinnamon oil and cassia oil, with 

 rich the former is not infrequently adulterated. [Cf. Gildemeister and 

 >ffmann, Volatik Oils, 1900, 377-92.] 



TRADE IN CASSIA AND CINNAMON. -Cassia Lignea.In Official Indian 

 itistics returns are given of the imports from foreign countries and Trade 

 the portions of these re-exported, but no mention is made of the in Cassia 

 >rts of Indian-grown CASSIA LIGNEA. On the other hand, under 

 name Cinnamon, returns are given of Indian-grown bark from 

 is and Bengal, but no mention of Bombay. It would seem probable 

 it these exports of Indian Cinnamon are, in reality, the exports of 

 lian Cassia Lignea. Regarding the IMPORTS of the bark a slight imports, 

 crease is noticeable, viz. from 20,014 cwt., Rs. 5,41,135, in 1899-1900 

 24,075 cwt., Rs. 6,01,906, in 1902-3, and to 23,421 cwt., Rs. 6,92,559, in 

 -7. The most noticeable features in these imports are the extreme 

 ictuations in the trade from Hongkong (15,024 cwt. in 1899-1900 to 

 ,173 cwt. in 1903-4, and 10,955 cwt. in 1906-7), and the corresponding 

 insion in the traffic from Chinese treaty-ports. There was also a 

 siderable increase (45 per cent.) in the imports from the Straits 

 tlements up to 1903-4, when the quantity imported was 5,795 cwt., 

 it since then this has fallen to 467 cwt. in 1906-7. Three-fourths 

 these imports are taken by Bombay the great Indian emporium in 

 le drug trade. There is also a re-export which usually amounts in 

 quantity and value to about one-fifth of the receipts. The chief 

 countries to which the drug is re-exported are Persia and Turkey- 

 in-Asia. 



The bark known as kolfdh (to which reference has been made) 

 is imported by Bombay town, coastwise from Malabar, and is appar- 

 ently used to adulterate the Chinese bark. It sells at about Rs. 5 per 

 maund of 37 Ib., or say 2 J annas a pound. According to the Report of the 

 Central Indigenous Drugs Committee (1901, i., 119), the price of Chinese 



315 



Lignea. 



Exports. 



Re-exports. 



Kalfah 



Bark. 



