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The remarks in connection with the above were as 

 follows : 



July 1909. "Demand good " (Journal d 'agriculture tropi- 

 cale, No. 97). 



September. " Only 108 boxes were offered. There has, 

 however, been a large demand for the article, and the prices 

 realised are higher by 6d. to 2s. per Ib. than those of last month " 

 (Journal d' agriculture tropicale, No. 99). 



November. " There was an extremely poor supply, amounting 

 to 138 boxes. The demand was good, and the whole lot was 

 sold at Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. above the ordinary prices " (Journal 

 d' agriculture tropicale, No. 101). 



An interesting article, entitled " La Vanille des 

 colonies franaises et la vanilline chimique," appears in 

 L' Agriculture pratique des pays chauds for October 

 1909. In this it is pointed out that, next to Mexico, 

 the French colonies have become the most important 

 exporters of vanilla. The production of this substance 

 is, however, becoming a matter of greater difficulty year 

 by year, owing to the lowering of the prices that has 

 been brought about by the competition of the artificial 

 product vanillin. 



The following table, showing the quantity of vanilla 

 exported from the French colonies, as well as from other 

 parts of the world, in 1901, 1904, and 1908, is taken 

 from the article mentioned : 



