which are offered at incredible prices, also renders the sale of the 

 genuine article more difficult. 



Almond Oil, pressed from sweet almonds. Our quot- 

 ations were adjusted in the late autumn in accordance with the cost- 

 price of best quality 1905 Sicilian fruit. There are no grounds for 

 any alteration in these quotations. 



Anise Oil. The value of this important article has undergone 

 further improvement since the date of our last Report, and it is 

 probable that it will at least keep at its present level until the new 

 anise - harvest. The same applies to anethol, the use of which for 

 evident reasons is constantly acquiring larger dimensions. We carry 

 on the manufacture of this product (which we were the first to 

 introduce into commerce) on the largest scale, and in respect of 

 quality supply the best that can possibly be attained, but we have 

 been able to prove by numerous examinations, that inferior products 

 are met with in commerce. 



According to information received by us direct, a French firm in 

 Bulgaria, which up to the present occupied itself exclusively with the 

 distillation of rose oil, has now also taken up the distillation of 

 Bulgarian anise, and hopes to produce this year a quantity of from 

 15000 to 20000 kilos anise oil. If this report is confirmed, a new 

 competitor for Russia would here make his appearance. 



The favour granted to our industry, to distil anise free from duty, 

 will enable us in future to work up the various kinds of anise with 

 advantage. 



The German import of anise in the year 1904 was: — 



in Stettin from European Turkey 985000 kilos 



„ the Netherlands 257000 „ 



„ Russia 36000 „ 



„ the German Customs Union 1 ) 20000 „ 



Total 1 298000 kilos 



in Hamburg from the Russian Baltic ports 170600 kilos 

 „ Spain 2 1 600 „ 



„ Turkey 1 1 2 1 00 „ 



Total 304300 kilos. 



Owing to the unfavourable state of the harvest, the import of 

 anise in 1905 has declined considerably, for example, in Stettin it 

 came to only 196000 kilos; the figures of the import in Hamburg 

 in 1905 have not yet come to hand. 



*) Comprising the German Empire and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 



