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year 1910: The value of the imports of articles falling under this heading 

 in 1910 was 219519 Dinars, compared with 152888 Dinars in 1909. The 

 articles themselves included: essential oils from wood tar and rubber (?), 

 resin oil, spirits of resin, turpentine oil and camphor oil, together 65763 kilos, 

 valued at 42337 Dinars, of which 50614 kilos came from Russia and 

 12423 kilos from Austria-Hungary; essential oils of juniper, laurel, jas- 

 mine, almond, rosemary and bergamot, together 12736 kilos, valued at 

 14187 Dinars, all of which was imported from Germany; fine essential 

 oils of rose, lily of the valley, violet and orange-flowers, valued at about 

 25000 Dinars and also imported from Germany; artificial perfumes, of 

 which the importation is small, also from Germany. Of perfumery 5936 kilos, 

 valued at 59946 Dinars, were imported almost entirely from Germany; 

 various cosmetics (6165 kilos, valued at 56804 Dinars) came from Germany 

 (3481 kilos) and France (1927 kilos). It will be seen from these figures 

 that the sale of articles of our branch in Servia has developed quite 

 satisfactorily. 



Nothing remains to be said in the present Report with regard to the 

 other European markets. 



The position of affairs in Egypt is rather less favourable than last 

 year, for this country is primarily dependent, for good or evil, upon its 

 harvest. According to the Customs Statistics the cotton-crop of 1910/11 

 has yielded a return of £ 26550000, whereas the estimated export-value 

 of the 1911/12 crop is only £ 19500000. Such a falling-off must be the 

 heavier to bear because the country has not yet quite recovered from 

 the crisis of 1907. As a result the conditions of credit once more leave 

 a great deal to be desired at present. According to a report published 

 by the German Ministry of the Interior 1 ) the fact should be borne in mind 

 that Egypt itself has been unable to provide the capital required for the 

 rapid growth of her economic life during the past decade, and has been 

 mainly dependent upon foreign credit. If, therefore, the process of res- 

 toration to economic health is to take a normal course it is of prime 

 importance that this credit should not be shaken, and especially that with 

 the moderate crop of the present year the credits should be renewed 

 until the gathering of the new crop. 



The Bulletin of the French Chamber of Commerce at Alexandria 2 ) 

 publishes an interesting article on the importation into Egypt of toilet- 

 preparations and perfumes. We reproduce this article below in the ex- 

 pectation that it may convey useful hints to some of our friends engageA 

 in the perfumery-industry. 



According to statistical returns, the imports into Egypt of powders, 

 cosmetics, extracts, toilet-waters and face-paints during the past seven 

 years have reached an average value of £ 44000, of which one-half falls 



*) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1911, No. 146, p. 2. 

 2 ) Chem. Industrie 35 (1912), 699. 



