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Orange Oil, bitter, has been used up completely, and at last 

 fetched quite enormous prices, up to 25 marks per kilo. 



Orange Oil, sweet. The view to which we gave expression in 

 our spring-Report, that the prices of this oil would soon advance 

 again, has been fully confirmed; this was inevitable, as at that time 

 already the available stocks were estimated at barely 7000 kilos. 



A disquieting fact, which influenced the natural movement of the 

 price, was that many local speculators selected this oil for the sphere 

 of their activity; this was the cause that the brisk demand drove up 

 the prices to 18 marks, and in some cases even to 19 marks; but it 

 also led to a subsequent fall in the quotations to about 15,25 marks, in 

 spite of the large shrinkage which had meanwhile taken place in the stocks. 



It can be stated definitely that of last year's oil there is now 

 nothing left over. 



The estimates of the coming harvest are much lower than last year, 

 both in Sicily and in Calabria; the crop of fruit is calculated at about 

 Y 2 or 2 / 3 of that of the previous year. It should also be borne in 

 mind that the traffic of loose fruit in truck-loads by rail to Upper Italy 

 is constantly increasing, and it is already reported that the Upper Italian 

 firms have made large contracts for forward delivery in Calabria and 

 also in Sicily. The fruit used for this purpose is, however, just the 

 kind which does not keep so well, and is neither entirely faultless nor 

 suitable for shipment by sea; for these reasons such fruit had up to 

 now been used for the production of oil. 



Under these conditions the expectation in the producing country 

 is, that considerably higher prices will rule than was the case at the 

 same time last year. 



Eucalyptus Oil. The lion's share of the trade again belongs 

 to Australia, since the Algerian distillers have been found to be unre- 

 liable. Victoria exported in 1902 eucalyptus oil of a total value of 

 ^14,127, equal to at least 250000 kilos. Portugal also supplies 

 a few thousand kilos of a good normal distillate. 



Australian Eucalyptus Oils. To the great kindness of Messrs. 

 Baker and Smith, Curators of the Technological Museum of Sydney, 

 N. S. W., we are indebted for a collection of Australian eucalyptus oils 

 which in their richness testify in a remarkable degree to the zeal and 

 success with which the study of the so extremely varied family of 

 the eucalypts is carried on in Australia. 



This collection is all the more valuable, as details are given with 

 each oil on the mother -plant and the yield of oil, and also on the 

 principal chemical constituents. Owing to the interest which these data 



