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not stood this test, and we can with full confidence recommend it to 

 everyone interested in the honest trade in Ceylon citronella oil, 

 notwithstanding the opposite view taken by Mr. Sage. We hoped 

 that in this way may be accomplished that in course of time only 

 the best quality Ceylon citronella oil is placed on the market. 



Clove Oil. During the last six months this article has, along 

 with the prices of cloves, been subject to very considerable fluctuations, 

 for which really no sensible reason existed. Whoever examines the 

 situation with some care, will come to the conclusion that it depends 

 almost exclusively upon the speculators in India, London, and Holland, 

 who have always shown a decided preference for this article; for even 

 admitting that the last harvest has been below normal, it is equally 

 certain that the one of 1904 has yielded an abnormally large quantity. 

 According to the following Report over 1904 from the German 

 Consul at Zanzibar, the export of cloves was: — 



Pounds. Value: Rupees. 



in 1900 11 788095 2372227 



,, 1901 11962069 2465373 



,, 1902 10125769 2057589 



„ 1903 12092 138 2795980 



» 1904 i45° 2 775 4986449 



It was made up as follows: — 



1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 



Quantities in pounds. 



To Europe . . 5235388 4470632 4160485 355*966 7312375 



„ America. . 719600 252000 412300 852361 2056175 



„ Asia . . . 5769233 7081471 5412143 7560852 4839524 



„ Africa . . 63814 153966 140841 126959 94 701 



The shipments to America only went to New York, those to Asia to 

 Bombay for the purpose of covering the Asiatic demand. 



For the individual European markets, the exports were as follows: — 

 1901 1902 1903 1904 



Quantities in pounds, 

 to Rotterdam .... 2330764 2210420 677618 1096860 



,, London 1 841 493 1 295910 2014289 4779340 



„ Hamburg .... 125720 425015 4 6 5 995 444995 



„ Marseilles .... 133000 188475 251664 251669 



These figures show that Rotterdam has not succeeded in the last two 

 years to carry through the attempt made to get the advantage over London. 

 Formerly the harvest -year was taken as the period from September to 

 September. It is more correct to calculate it as August to August. The 

 following figures give a review of the various harvest years since 1893: — 



from Zanzibar from Pemba 

 Quantities in frasilehs 1 ). 



1893/1894 197710 402621 



1894/1895 102208 307860 



1895/1896 165 901 4 X 3 I2 4 



*) I frasileh = 35 lbs. 



