— 57 — 



cloves rules a little higher. The exports of clove-stems in 1910 amounted 

 ^ to 2 304 958 lbs., of the value of 185 723 Rupees. They were distributed 

 as follows : — 



1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 



Quantity (lbs.) 



Europe 2317305 2055415 2361964 4318057 2262293 



U.S. A — 179900 552160 186620 — 



Asia , 63056 48125 34787 42035 42665 



Africa 2065 _____ 



Value (Rupees) 



Europe 222608 190197 172398 278905 182356 



U. S. A — 15060 39972 12669 



Asia 6831 4708 2418 3024 3367 



Africa 285 — — — — 



The greater part of the exports in the year under review, as in previous 

 seasons, went to Hamburg. 



We have also recently received a sample of the first clove crop from 

 Amani (German East Africa) which yielded 16,6°/° of an oil possessing the 

 normal properties set forth below: di 5 o 1,0558, « D — 1°4', n D20 o 1,53204, 

 phenol-content: 92°/o, soluble in 1,2 vols a. m. 70°/o alcohol. 



A sample consignment of clove-stems from the same place yielded 

 only 5,3 °/o oil, which, however, was equal in quality to the other com- 

 mercial varieties: di 60 1,0515, « D — 0°58', n D20 o 1,53461, sol. in 1,1 vol. a. m. 

 70°/o alcohol. Unfortunately the quantity of oil distilled from the sample 

 was too small to admit of an estimation of its eugenol content. 



A few years ago we repeatedly had occasion to describe in our 

 Reports clove-leaf oils from the Seychelles 1 ), and we are now also in a 

 position to report on clove oil proper from the same islands, as we have 

 recently received several samples of Seychelles cloves, which we have 

 worked up for oil. Two of these distillates gave the following constants : 

 d l6 o 1,0470, 1,0485, « D — 1°30', — 1°6', phenol content 85 and 86°/o re- 

 spectively. Both oils were soluble in 1,5 vols. 70°/o alcohol, but upon 

 the addition of 4 vols, of the solvent the mixture turned cloudy. In re- 

 spect of imperfect solubility, therefore, the oils behaved similar to an oil 

 ^distilled by us from Amboina cloves 2 ). This oil, it will be remembered, 

 while behaving normally in other respects, also gave a clear solution at 

 first in 70°/o alcohol, but solutions of somewhat pronounced turbidity with 

 3 to 4 vols. 



x ) Report October 1907, 37; November 1908, 48. 

 2 ) Report October 1904, 22. 



