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ON THE TRADE OF MARSEILLES. 



suffered much, detention here thereby, but many other important articles 

 destined for the interior. 



Oil Seeds. — There is no more interesting branch of commerce at Mar- 

 seilles than that of the oil seeds imported of late years from Turkey, 

 Egypt, India, and Africa. The importations appear to increase steadily, 

 and they amounted last year to 1,033,020 metrical quintals (about 

 92,647 tons). The quantity of sesamum seed sent here, generally from 

 the Levant ports, Bombay and Kurrachee, in preceding years, was 

 larger than that imported in 1861, owing to the shortness of the crops 

 in all those countries. 

 Table showing the Importations op Oil Seeds, in Metrical 

 Quintals, from 1855 to 1861. 



Sesamum. 



Arachides. 





Cotton 



Cocoa nut 











Linseed. 



and 

 Palm nut 



Various. 



Totals. 



Tear Levant 



India & 

 Africa. 



Senegal. 



India. 



Seed 



1855 i 159,703 



190,512 ' 225,290 





124,473 



3*,788 



13,166 



1,760 



753,682 



1S56 194,406 



376,841 270,746 



21,650 



167,871 



99,943 



19,052 



10,750 



1,161,259 



1857 1 117,000 



• r >75,820 260,425 



54,715 



54,390 



65,857 



31,077 



8,900 



1,168,1*2 



1858 



90,690 



450,375 ' 250,245 



8,155 



56,578 



10.515 



36,440 



14,375 



917,372 



1859 



138,425 



490,330 , 211,700 



1,910 



1*2,680 



30,390 



29,700 



3,850 



1,061,983 



1860 



116,900 



3(.2,095 ! 216,570 



1,170 



245,750 | 49,070 



46,585 



55,S30 



1,023,970 



1861 



79,590 



310,090 | 175.390 



640 



241,060 . 67,090 



46,990 



111,670 



,033,020 



Metrical Quintals of 100 kilogrammes each. 



Olive Oil. — The importation of olive oil during 1861 was inferior to 

 that of the preceding year, the crops having been generally deficient 

 throughout the countries surrounding the Mediterranean. Three 

 qualities of oil are imported here ; the most impure are chiefly imported 

 from Algeria, Tunis, Morocco, Candia, and the Levant. These inferior 

 oils are chiefly used here for the manufacture of soap. They are also 

 clarified as lamp oil, and kept for home consumption, and sometimes re- 

 exported : they are also used for lubricating purposes. A middling 

 quality of oil is received from Corsica in considerable quantities, as 

 also from the Riviera of Genoa and Naples. The finest qualities of oil 

 for the table are received only from Genoa, Tuscany, and Naples. About 

 8,000 tons of foreign olive oil were imported in 1861. 



108,000 tons of oil seeds, which were crushed here last year, yielded 

 about 40,000 tons net of oil ; in addition thereto, about 3,000 tons of 

 cocoa-nut and palm oil were produced by the mills here. Of this large 

 quantity of oil, one-half at least was converted into mottled and white 

 Boap. There was less oil sent away from Marseilles last year than usual, 

 there having been a very abundant crop of colza in the north of France, 

 which largely supplied England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, and 

 Switzerland, countries which have generally drawn their supplies from 

 Marseilles. About 15,000 tons of oil were sent into the interior of the 

 country by rail. About 1,350 tons of linseed oil were brought to Mar- 

 seilles last year, the low prices in England, and the duty of six francs 

 per hectolitre, permitting the importation. 



