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crop would have warranted a decided lowering of the prices of oil, but 

 for the fact that the oil-yield of the seed turned out to be far below the 

 average. We have therefore been able to make only a moderate reduction 

 in our quotations, and in the face of the market position depicted above 

 we regard a further fall as out of the question. Moreover, in the last few 

 weeks the market has acquired increased firmness, because the caraway 

 sown this year, which will produce the 1912 crop, has been severely injured 

 by the continued heat. We would again call attention to the fact that 

 our various caraway oils, by reason of our perfected distilling-process, 

 possess the finest aroma imaginable, and that no such disappointments 

 need be feared with them as frequently attend the employment of so-called 

 "cheap" caraway oil. 



We print below the comparative statistics of the past two seasons, 

 as published by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, and in continuation of 

 the table which appeared in our last October Report. 



Province 



Cultivated area 

 hectares 



1910 



1909 



Yield per hect. in 

 bales of 50 kilos 



1910 



1909 



Total yield in bales 

 of 50 kilos 



1910 



1909 



Groningen . . 

 Friesland . . 

 Utrecht . . \ 

 Noord-Holland 

 Zuid-Holland . 

 Zeeland . . . 

 Noord-Brabant 



Entire country 



2,696 



68 



5 



2,517 



252 



1,291 



863 



2,024 



50 



10 



2,806 



276 



1,131 



817 



7,692 



7,114 



22,9 

 25,4 

 22,0 

 22,2 

 23,4 

 26,8 

 23,0 



25,8 

 24,2 

 20,0 

 23,4 

 22,6 

 24,1 

 23,0 



61,723 



1,726 



110 



55,872 

 5,906 



34,653 



19,822 



52,259 



1,212 



200 



65,785 

 6,232 



27,275 



18,777 



23,3 



24,1 



179,812 



171,740 



Caraway-growing in Holland is the subject of an article by van der 

 Wielen in the Pharmaceutisch Weekblad, No. 35, 1911 x ). Besides numerous 

 historical details, the article contains statistical data, as well as a de- 

 scription of caraway oil and of the method of adulterating it. 



Cassia Oil. This important article has remained in a condition of 

 comparative listlessness throughout the summer, and only insignificant 

 price-fluctuations, from 3/3 up to 3/5 per lb., were to be recorded. As is 

 always the case, 80 to 85% oil was most in demand, but the trade has 

 not exceeded the limits of a healthy requirement for actual consumption, 

 and the market has not been influenced by any speculative undertakings. 

 Whereas formerly cassia oil of all manner of degrees of quality was offered 

 and dealt in, the offers have lately been restricted to 75/80 and 80/85% 



*) From a reprint kindly sent to us. 



