i; roses, valued at 10,000 to 50,000 marks. To start with, the factory 

 " will have three boilers providing 300 square metres of heated surface, 

 " and the roses will, immediately they are plucked, be transferred to the 

 " macerating jars, where, thanks to this procedure, they will deposit their 

 " perfume in all its freshness and delicacy. Only the quantity of leaves 

 <• i-e.| uired at the moment will be collected, a few minutes sufficing to 

 " transfer the leave- from the plant to ihe machines." Commerce of the 

 26th July adds :— This expedition is favourablv contracted with the pro- 

 cedure followed in Turkey and in France, where frequently the roses 

 plucked in the morning are only distilled in the evening. As to the oil 

 of roses produced in Saxony during last year, it is claimed that not only 

 did it not fall short on comparison with the Turki.-h product, hut that it 

 was better than its rival in delicacy and strength, and the lasting 

 character of its perfume. 



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neously at London and Bangkok by telegraph, it is a perfi 



Tin pi ii e. luri g tin y< u; • ml nued t 1 dl. r n.c; ng i »m 22 ti< ils per 

 picul (30/. 10s. per ton) for white pepper, and 1G ticals to 10 ticals (22/. 3*. 

 to 13v. 7*. per ton) for black. As recently as 1888 the price reached 

 the high figure of 88/. per ton. It would appear that the big profits in 

 those years were made by the middlemen— (.'hinamen who buy the 

 standing cr<' -. of disease and worm. All the pepper 



sold in the Bangkok market comes from Chantaboon, a district on the 

 east coast of the Gulf of Siam about 180 miles from Bangkok. The two 

 firms above referred to do business through the shipping agent — a 

 (icrmau, who run- a small steamer once a week to Chantaboon. The 

 pepper crop is gathered in .March, ■■ ml is in the liangkok market about 

 a month later. When the berries are plucked, they are put through a 

 winnowing machine with three compartments. The heaviest berries 

 drop into the first, and after being macerated in water, by which the 

 outer black covering is removed, become white pepper. The lighter and 

 inferior berries of the second compartment form black pepper, and these 

 in the third are waste, from which the best grains are extracted and 

 added to the second kind. Of the export, two-thirds were white and 

 one-third black pepper. All the white is shipped to London, and the 

 black to China. The local consumption is small. The freight charged 

 from Chantaboon to Bangkok is about 13.?. 9d. per ton, and there is an 

 inland duty of 1 tical per picul. equivalent to 1/. 7s. Qd. per ton. The 

 prospects for 1893 are good. The quantity seems excellent, and there 

 are no complaint- of scarcity, tl ough grow< rs assert if the price falls 

 any lower it will be impossible to continue cultivation (Foreign Office 

 Consular Report, No. 12G7, 1893). 



