76 — 



. j 



from Kobe: 



crystal 



s 



liquid 



oil 



to London 



105 cases 



20 cases 



„ New York 



267 



20 , 







, Hamburg 



85 



, 



179 ; 







, Bombay 



9 



> 



8 i 







, Hongkong 



61 



y 



63 ; 







, San Francisco 



5 



>? 



2 , 







, Marseilles 



26 



j 



13 , 







, Singapore 



25 



) 



— 







, Cleveland 



7 



y 



— , 







, Hamilton 



2 



j 



— , 







; Sydney 



— 



y 



1 , 







, Shanghai 



— 



j 



12 , 





Total from Kobe: 



592 cases 



318 cases. 



Summary: 

 from Yokohama 8$o l / 9 cases crystals 542 y 2 cases oil, total 1396 cases 



Kobe 



592 



3i8 



)io 



1442Y2 cases crystals 863 */ 2 cases oil, total 2306 cases 



or 1442Y2 cases crystals of 60 lbs. = 86550 lbs. 

 863 y 2 „ liquid oil „ 60 „ == 51 1 



5io 



from Jan. I st to June 30 th 1904 Total crystals and oil 138360 lbs. 



Peppermint Oil, Saxon. Whilst all our other cultivations in 

 the neighbourhood of our factory have suffered greatly from the excep- 

 tional drought, the crop from our peppermint - plantations has been 

 good. We have obtained a product which in point of quality occupies 

 a high place. Owing to the lack of rain extending over several months, 

 is has not come to a second crop. 



Parry and Bennett 1 ) have recently detected cedar wood oil as 

 an adulterant of oil of peppermint, in several samples which, according 

 to the results of the examinations, no doubt all come from the same 

 source. The physical constants of the oils in question did not imme- 

 diately point to adulteration, although the total content of menthol 

 was rather low; but in 70 per cent, alcohol the oils were insoluble. 

 By means of fractional distillation, and comparison with corresponding 

 fractions of pure peppermint oil, the adulterant was determined with 

 a fair amount of certainty as sesquiterpene. The later fractions of 

 the adulterated oil were much less soluble than those of pure oil, and 

 in some the taste of cedarwood oil was clearly perceptible. At the 



*) Chemist and Druggist 64 (1904), 854. 



