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to form a clear judgment. The uncertainty is at present so great 

 that we cannot make up our mind to urge clients to buy. As a 

 matter of fact, we consider the upward tendency an artificial move 

 of the speculative interest. The new harvest is said to give an 

 abundant yield. 



The statistics of the quotations of the last 6 months show the following 

 fluctuations: — 



beginning of April 



A- 39V2 enc * of April 



fl.41.V1 



» May 



„ 44 



, „ May 



» 46 



„ June 



11 44 V2 



, „ June 



» 42 v« 



» July 



11 40 3 / 8 



1 » July 



» 4oV 8 



„ August 



11 40 



, „ August 



» 40V2 



„ „ September 



„ 36 



, „ September 



„ 34 



„ „ October 



11 34 



, „ October 



,, 32 



When the price of Zanzibar cloves had risen to about ft. 40, — , 

 Amboina cloves, of which large stocks had accumulated in Holland, 

 were also drawn in on the Amsterdam terminal market, and so-called 

 "mixed contracts" were introduced, which could be carried out half in 

 Zanzibar and half in Amboina cloves. The latter have a large oil- 

 content and yield a distillate of excellent aroma. 



An oil obtained by us from powdered Amboina cloves had the 

 following constants: d 15 o 1,0456; « D — i° 24'; phenol-content 78 to 

 79°/ . The clear solution of the oil in about an equal volume 70 per 

 cent, alcohol, showed a fairly strong turbidity with 3 to 4 vol. of the 

 solvent, remaining when more alcohol was added. We would call 

 special attention to this, as in the case of ordinary oil of cloves even 

 the dilute solution in 70 per cent, alcohol is clear. The advantage of 

 the Amboina oil consists in the specially fine odour, which renders it 

 decidedly superior to the ordinary distillate. This fact may ensure a 

 permanent place in perfumery to Amboina clove oil. 



Coriander Oil. For purposes of distillation, the Russian, Moravian, 

 and Hungarian seeds come this year under consideration. Thuringia 

 reports a failure in the harvest. The prices of the oil are high. 



Cypress Oil. In consequence of the information given in our last 

 Report on the excellent results obtained with this oil in whooping-cough, 

 such a large demand has arisen that the stocks in hand were soon 

 used up, and the sale had to be suspended completely for several 

 weeks, as it was not possible to provide at that time of the year the 

 material for distillation. A few weeks ago the first shipments have 

 again arrived, and they have immediately been taken in hand, so that 

 now, and we hope also for the future, this remedy can be supplied in 

 a more liberal manner. 



