FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA. 



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value than that which is clean, apart from allowance 

 on analysis, because it requires special cleaning, and 

 consequently entails more outlay. 



The import from West Africa into Liverpool — the 

 chief market for palm oil — is given for ten years in 

 the following table : — 



In December last, the quotations of palm oil were 

 as follows : — 



Oil arfe by Mr. A. Norman Tate, analytical and con- 

 sulting chemist and consulting chemical engineer, 

 Liverpool : — 



" Palm oil as imported into this country contains 

 varying amounts of water and impurities such as 

 sand, earthy matters, vegetable fibre, mucilage, &c. 



