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The fluorescence to which reference is made above as showing itself 

 when the oil is diluted with alcohol is perhaps caused by the methylester 

 of methylanthranilic acid 1 ). 



Sage Oil. The extent to which the character of oils is influenced 

 by the season and the conditions of the distilling-material is shown by 

 two authentic Dalmatian sage oils which reached us some little time ago 2 ). 

 One of the samples, which had been distilled in August from dried sage, 

 showed normal properties in every respect (di 50 0,9165; « D + 25°; 

 "d2oo 1,45871; acid v. 1,0; ester v. 9,3). The sp. gr. of the other, prepared 

 in May from the green herb, was lower than is otherwise the case with 

 Dalmatian sage oils. As a rule the sp. gr. of such oils ranges from 0,915 to 

 0,930; in the case under notice it was only 0,911. It was obvious that 

 this oil was rich in terpenes, and this was confirmed by the fact that it 

 required 1,1 vols. 80% alcohol for solution, whereas the oil distilled in 

 August was soluble in 4 vols. 70% alcohol. The other constants of the 

 oil were normal: « D +20°22', acid v. 1,0, ester v. 10,3. 



A sage oil which was imported from Syria by Roure-Bertrand Fils 3 ) 

 gave the following constants: d i5 o 0,9843, « D — 6° 8', soluble in 1,5 vols, 

 and more 70% alcohol and in its own vol. and more 80% alcohol. 



Sandalwood Oil, East Indian. Business in this important article 

 has continued to be exceedingly brisk during the summer-months, and 

 it has therefore been unnecessary to interrupt our manufacture, in spite 

 of the fact that our gigantic distilling plant, which we have already des- 

 cribed on a previous occasion, has a capacity which must appear almost 

 incredible to most persons interested in the article. The principal ad- 

 vantage of this installation is that we are able to work up the wood 

 immediately upon its arrival, and thus to obviate as far as possible those 

 losses which are invariably connected with prolonged storage of the 

 material. Generally speaking prices have remained unchanged. The demand 

 for our quality with a guaranteed santalol-content of 94% has naturally 

 been exceedingly strong, and we have had the satisfaction of gaining 

 large numbers of new and important customers. As regards the prospects, 

 only this much can be said with any degree of definiteness at present, 

 that there is scarcely any possibility of a fall in the prices within the 

 next few months. It is true that only preliminary reports are as yet 

 available concerning the forthcoming sandalwood auctions in Mysore, but 

 it is certain that again no efforts will be spared to make them as pro- 

 fitable as possible for the Government, 



*) Report October 1901, 47. 

 2 ) Comp. foot-note p. 63. 



