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wood, but the oil distilled from the bark still awaits examination. f r \ Laubatii, 

 a species little known at present, and a few other species also appear to 

 be camphoraceous. As a result of the investigation, so far as it,iias gone, 

 Cinnamomum trees have been planted on the North Coast wit'i the object 

 of utilising them for oil- and camphor-production. v 



The discovery of camphor as a constituent of an Australian oil was 

 made by M. Scott 1 ) in the course of the examination of a sassafras oil 

 from from the Colony of Victoria. 



Cananga Oil, Java. We have continued to receive regular supplies 

 during the last six months, but notwithstanding this no considerable stocks 

 have accumulated here. The price has remained unchanged, and can now 

 be called normal, although the producers complain loudly that the article 

 does not pay them. The production appears to stand in proper relation 

 to the requirements of the world, and it is therefore probable that, barring 

 unforeseen circumstances, the present value will continue to rule for the 

 future. It has unfortunately been impossible to obtain statistics concerning 

 the production and export. 



Two cananga oils, the product of the Bantam district of Java, were 

 sent for examination to the Colonial Museum at Haarlem in the year 1910. 

 Dr. Quintus Bosz informs us privately that these oils gave the following 

 constants : 



I. d^ 0,9068, « D — 21,8°, n D40O 1,4906, sap. v. 24,2, 



II. d^ 0,9108, a D — 20,3°, n D40 o 1,4919, /sap. v. 28,4. 



Both oils were soluble in 96% alcohol with sligl t cloudiness. The con- 

 stants are those of the ordinary oils of commerce. 



Caraway Oil. As is always the case at the present time of the 

 year, little can be said with regard to the probable course of the market 

 during the coming months. According td the report of our informants 

 the conditions in the producing districts in Holland are similar to those 

 of a year ago. The appearance of the fields is now, as it was then, on 

 the whole very satisfactory, and the area under cultivation has again been 

 increased to a not inconsiderable extent. It is of course impossible to 

 foresee in how far this will increase the output, for if perchance the young 

 plants, which are said to have already developed fairly well, should be 

 injured by spring frosts, it is certain that it will be necessary once more 

 to plough up part of the caraway fields. The stocks of caraway are still 

 fairly considerable, both in the hands of the farmers and of the middlemen; 

 all the more so because the transactions were small during the concluding 

 months of 1910 and up to about February 1911. As a result the prices 

 have receded from about 14,25 Fl. in September to 12 Fl. or 12.50 per 



] ) Pharmaceutical Journ. 86 (1911), 271. 



