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in the Far West, and the favourable effect of the record harvest of 

 1906 is making itself felt in the increased inclination of the interior 

 to buy. The import of essential oils from Germany during the last 

 three fiscal years was as follows: — 



1902/03 i9°3/°4 i9 4/o5 



duty-free . . $ 892122, — $ 549222, — $ 862946, — 

 dutiable . . „ 404442,— „ 506633,— „ 551007,— 



The National Pure Food Law (an Act for preventing the manu- 

 facture, sale, transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous 

 or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulat- 

 ing traffic therein, and for other purposes) will become a statute on 

 January I st , 1907. 



This kind of legislation is surely in the right direction and it is 

 to be hoped that said law will be rigidly enforced. 



The standard for raw materials entering into food-products, drugs 

 and medicines to be imported in the U. S. will surely be raised to a 

 pre-eminent degree and it is to be expected that the employment of 

 pure essential oils and related articles which we have advocated in 

 these Reports for so many years will now become predominant. 



The Rules and Regulations for carrying out the provisions of this 

 new Law have just been published. 



In the Argentine Republic the sale of our products has under- 

 gone a further favourable development, whilst Chile, which was in 

 a period of undoubted progress, has suffered through the earthquake 

 a blow of which the consequences cannot as yet be fully estimated. 

 With regard to the importation of German products of the chemical 

 industry, drugs and pharmaceutical specialities in Brazil, a report 

 from the Imperial Consulate General at Rio de Janeiro shows that 

 Germany, in respect of the average value of her sales in the years 

 1902 to 1904, occupies the first place. Although the development 

 of the home industry has been assisted by high duties, it is up to 

 the present still very insignificant, with the exception of the soap- 

 and salt-industries, and for this reason the importation of chemical 

 products may possibly increase further. If the competition against 

 England, America and France is carried on seriously, the imports 

 from Germany are capable of a considerable expansion. According 

 to our own statistical notes, the export of our specialties to Brazil 

 is experiencing a slow but continued growth. 



The export of our products to Japan during the past half-year 

 was exceptionally brisk, and the increase in the import duties con- 

 templated for October I st , 1906, which in the case of our articles 

 amounts from 10 to 2O°/ , led to a demand such as we had not 

 experienced before in our intercourse with this important market. 



