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recall the fact that '"'the average price of 500 francs per kilo has thereby 

 been reduced to about 300 francs." 



It ■would be highly desirable to give accurate statistics showing the 

 export of ylang-ylang oil from the Philippine Islands and from Eeunion 

 and of cananga oil from Java. Such statistics as do exist, at least for the 

 Philippine Islands, are altogether unreliable. Thus, if we would believe 

 the figures given in the report on the Foreign Commerce of the Philippine 

 Islands issued by the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington, we would 

 learn that in 1907 9,013 gallons of ylang-ylang oil were produced, valued 

 at 18.78 dollars per gallon, whereas in 1908 there were produced 1,088 

 gallons valued at 109.40 dollars per gallon. 



Benjamin T. Brooks. 



