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The annual auction-sales of sandalwood of the Mysore State will be 

 held at the undermentioned places, on the dates specified against each, 

 by the Deputy Commissioner and the Forest Officer of the district. 



Serial 



District 



Kotie 



Date of Sale 



Approximate 



No. 









quantity in Tons 



1 



Shimoga 



Tirthahalli 



13th Nov. 1911 



225 



2 



id. 



Sagar 



16 th 



100 



3 



id. 



Shimoga 



20 th 



475 



4 



Kadur 



Tarikere 



^u » » 



250 



5 



id. 



Chickmagalur 



27th n n 



250 



6 



Hassan 



Hassan 



30* „ n 



150 



7 



Bangalore 



Bangalore 



4th Dec. „ 



120 



8 



Mysore 



Seringapatam 



13th „ n 



250 



9 



id. 



Hunsur 



16* „ „ 



500 





Total Tons 2320 



Details as to quantities and lots of sandalwood to be exposed for sale 

 as above in each kotie together with the terms of sale will be published 

 as usual about the end of October 1911. 



Any wood that may remain unsold at any kotie will not again be put 

 for auction, but will be sold, if found necessary, by tenders after the con- 

 clusion of the auction-sales. 



A sample of sandalwood oil which was sent to us from Hamburg 

 was most impudently adulterated. Its very appearance was suspect, the 

 oil being studded with sparkling crystals, which became so plentiful under 

 cooling as to cause the whole sample to solidify into a jelly-like mass. 

 The constants were: di 50 1,0026, « D — 7° 24', n D20 o 1,51620, sap. v. 63,1. 

 The spec, grav., the index of refraction, and especially the saponification 

 value were much too high for sandalwood oil, while on the other hand 

 the optical rotation was less than half of what it should have been. All 

 these data, together with the insolubility of the oil in 70°/o alcohol, 

 seemed to indicate that the sample did not represent sandalwood oil at 

 all. When distilled carefully under 5 mm. pressure further abnormalities 

 presented themselves. 









a D 



n D20O 



Sap. v. 



1. 



120 to 132° 



13,1% 



— 17° 



1,50602 



— 



2. 



132 to 135° 



18,4°/o 



— 8° 20' 



— 



— 



3. 



135 to 138° 



33,1% 



— 3° 52' 



— 



29,4 



4. 



Residue 



35,4% 



— 6° 42' 



1,51770 



153,0 



