the only consumer of Syrian kernels, Germany now occupies the first 

 place. Next come France and Italy, and with small shares Austria 

 and the United Kingdom. Our own consumption amounts to about 

 250000 kilos per annum. 



It is said that at Marseilles about 1200 bales kernels of previous 

 years are still in the hands of speculators. These are useless for the 

 expression of oil. 



The result of this year's harvest has been normal. In consequence 

 of a brisk demand and lack of stocks, it was not possible to depress 

 the prices to any extent. On the contrary, the same price-factors as 

 last year will have to be reckoned upon. The first consignment of 

 this year's kernels is on the way for us. 



Almond Oil, pressed (from sweet almonds). The price of 

 genuine Pharmacopceia-oil has lately undergone no change, and it 

 cannot be regulated until the prices of almonds of the new harvest 

 have been fixed in Puglia and Sicily. From Bari, the world's principal 

 market of almonds, it is reported that the present price is about 182 to 

 1 84 lire, and that the tendency is upward. The stock of old almonds 

 is estimated at 20000 bales, the new harvest at 30000 to 35000. 

 The total quantity is very small, especially if it is taken into consider- 

 ation that a large proportion of owners will not sell before the new 

 flowering-period in March/April next. The middlemen take all they 

 can buy at above prices on speculation, and may possibly, up to the 

 present, have bought up about 10 000 bales. The exporters have 

 entered into practically no engagements for autumn deliveries. The 

 opinion is, that if Germany does not buy anything before the middle 

 of September, the prices will fall for a time by about 10 to 12 lire, 

 but that even when small orders are received, the quotations will 

 again advance. 



To say anything definite about the course of the market is im- 

 possible; it is probable that the selling prices of first quality ordinary 

 sweet Bari almonds will be about 155 to 156 marks f. o. b. Bari. 



Oil of Ambrette*seeds, For the liquid product there was a 

 demand for kilo-parcels, which had the effect of clearing out the stocks. 

 At the present moment a larger consignment of fresh Java seeds is in 

 course of distillation. 



Oil from Amorpha fructicosa L. The plant Amorpha fructic- 

 osa L., belonging to the Galegeae, asub-family of the Leguminosae, which 

 is frequently found in our gardens as an ornamental shrub, contains 

 according to Vittorio Pavesi 1 ), in its leaves and fruit various essential 



*) Estratto dall' Annuario della Soc. Chimica di Milano 11 (1904), 4. Estratto 

 dai "Rendiconti" del R. 1st. lomb. di sc. e lett. (II) 37 (1904), 487. 



