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Europe 



America 



January . . 

 February 

 March . . 



— 



250 



April . . . 

 May . . . 



— 



— 



June . . . 



I IO 



— 



July . . . 



22 



50 



Singapore 



70 

 64 

 60 

 28 

 20 

 60 



Java 



240 



18 



"5 

 191 



570 

 428 

 l8l 



China 



25 



IO 



We have recently entered into relations with a grower in the 

 producing island Buru, who promises to supply us from now with 

 abundant oil of excellent quality. A not inconsiderable proportion of 

 our purchases is also intended for export to America. 



From Melbourne we received a sample of an oil distilled from 

 the leaves of Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. 1 ). The colourless distillate 

 had a peculiar aromatic odour; diso 0,9109; a D -J- 3 ; soluble in 

 1,5 vol. and more 80 per cent, alcohol; when more than 3 vol. are 

 used, opalescence occurs. It contains considerable quantities of cineol, 

 and in addition to this an aldehyde could be abstracted from the oil, 

 which is probably identical with citronellal; the quantity of oil at our 

 disposal was unfortunately so small, that a chemical proof in support 

 of this could not be supplied. 



Oil of Calamintha Nepeta. Through the kind assistance of 

 a business friend we received 2 kilos of an oil from the herb of 

 Calamintha nepeta Clairv., which, as mentioned by us on a previous 

 occasion 2 ), is placed on the market from the South of France under 

 the unsuitable name "Essence marjolaine", and of whose composition 

 we gave on the same occasion detailed information based on the 

 work of Genvresse and Chablay 3 ). The oil examined by us had 

 a bright, greenish-yellow colour, and a mint-like odour; d^o 0,9271; 

 « D -|-6 4o/; ester no. 13,0; soluble in 2,7 vol. and more 70 per cent, 

 alcohol. On distillation in vacuo (5 mm.), the following fractions 

 were obtained: — 



1 . (first runnings) — 50 



6,7% 



«D- 



-i6°o' 



di5° 0,8802 



2- 50 — 75° 



4,5% 



>> ~ 



-44°o' 



„ 0,8229 



3- 75-8i° 



5,8% 



» "~ 



h 2° 5 6' 



,, 0,9057 



4. 81 — 84 



29,6% 



» ~~ 



-i5°55' 



„ 0,9241 



5- 85 -86° 



36,85% 



if ~~ 



- i6°o' 



,, 0,9374 



6. (residue) 



5,o% 





— 



„ 0,9962 



*) Comp. Gildemeister and Hoffmann, The Volatile Oils, p. 523. 



2 ) Report April 1903, 50. 



3 ) Compt. rend. 136 (1903), 387. 



