— i7 — 



The area cultivated with caraway is estimated at about 8750 acres, 

 divided as follows: — 



North Holland . . . about 4000 acres 



Brabant and Flanders 



Zeeland 



Friesland . 



South Holland . 



Total about 8750 acres. 



Our confidential informant, who has grown grey in the caraway- 

 trade, estimates the results of this year's harvest as follows: — 



5) 



2250 



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)> 



2 000 



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375 



J) 



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125 



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in North Holland . . 



about 



48000 bales 



„ Zeeland 



5J 



23000 „ 



„ Brabant and Flanders 



JJ 



25000 „ 



„ Friesland .... 



J> 



4000 „ 



„ South Holland 



5? 



1 000 „ 



Total about 1 o 1 000 bales, 

 to which must be added 

 Stocks remaining from former years about 40000 „ 



Grand total 141 000 bales. 



Among the old stocks there is a good deal of inferior stuff, spoilt 

 by rain, which must be disposed of. Under these conditions an ad- 

 vance in the value of this article can scarcely be expected, although 

 the present market quotation of fl. n 1 / 2 to fl. 12, — leaves hardly any 

 profit to the grower, and is not remunerative, as compared with other 

 produce of the field. 



The prices of caraway oil and car vol are calculated on our pur- 

 chases to date; they come a trifle lower. 



From other caraway -producing countries, no reliable reports have 

 as yet been received. 



Cassia Oil. The price -fluctuations during the last six months 

 have been of a very unimportant character. The reports from China 

 have now for some time been absolutely silent about this article. 



Our quotations are worthy of notice. 



Cassie „Schimmel & Co." (Artificial oil of cassie- blossoms, 

 German Patent No. 109635 and additional Patent No. 150 170). 

 Since the publication of our last Report we have added this product 

 to our lists as a novelty. 



As our various publications 1 ) since October 1899 show, we have 

 paid special attention to the study of the chemical constituents of the 



*) Reports October 1899, 58; April 1901, 18; April 1903, 17; October 

 1903, 18; April 1904, 23; Journ. f. prakt. Chemie 68 (1903), 235. 



