184 ON THE PERFUMERY TRADE. 



Exports of Perfumery from France in 1860. — (Continued) 



Countries to which. Exported. 



Quantity in kilos. 



Value in francs. 



British India .... 



40,872 



286,104 



Dutch possessions in India . 



9,502 



66,514 



China, Cochin China, and Siani . 



6,938 



48,566 



Polynesia ..... 



2,248 



15,736 



United States of Ameri 



ca 



216,770 



1,517,390 



Mexico . 





28,313 



198,191 



New Grenada 





25,371 



177,597 



Venezuela 





23,051 



161,357 



Brazil . 





187,717 



1,314,019 



Uruguay 





110,670 



774,690 



River Plate . 





212,542 



1,487,794 



Guatemala . 



■ . . 



6,026 



42,112 



Ecuador 





3,171 



22,197 



Peru and Bolivia . 



. 



119,181 



834,267 



Chili . 





96,758 



677,306 



Hayti . 





52,712 



368,984 



Spanish possessions in America . 



298,097 



'2,086,679 



British and Dutch ditto 



7,613 



53,291 



Danish ditto ..... 



87,400 



611,800 



French "West India possessions 



78,581 



410,071 



French East India ditto 



30,789 



215,523 



Other countries .... 



89,241 



624,687 



Total 





3,063,332 



31,361,592 



It will be seen from the preceding table that the principal exports of 

 French perfumery are made to other parts of Europe, and to North and 

 South America, whilst English perfumery is chiefly sent to India, Aus- 

 tralia, and other British colonies. The amount sent from France to the 

 United Kingdom consists principally of perfumery materials, manu- 

 factured perfumery forming but a small proportion of it. The imports of 

 perfumery from foreign countries into France during the same year 

 amounted in weight to 29,792 kilogrammes, and in value to 166,379^. 



Paris is the great centre of the manufacture of perfumery, and forms 

 an important item of what are called " articles de Paris." There are in 

 that capital 120 working perfumers, employing about 3000 men and 

 women, and their united returns may be estimated at not less than forty 

 millions of francs yearly. 



The Parisian perfumers have turned to the best account the limited 

 space assigned to them in the Exhibition ; and their articles are mostly 

 ofg' od quality and elegantly got up. Their ordinary soaps are not 

 equal to the English, but their fine soaps are decidedly superior; the 

 large cousumption they have for them making it worth their while to pay 

 particular attention to that branch of their trade. Their alcoholic per- 

 fumes and toilet preparations are very fair, but, with the exception of a 

 few of the latter containing glycerine, and of the substitution of paraffine 



