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terpene fraction of the oil (92.3°/o)> he now reports on the constit- 

 uents of the fraction boiling above 180 , which represents 6,5i°/ 

 of the oil. This fraction forms a brown-red viscid liquid with a 

 peculiar odour reminding of juniper; di 5 o 0,946; « D — i°io'; 

 sap. no. 18,2, corresponding to 6,37°/ ester CH 3 COOC 10 H 17 ; 

 sap. no. after acetylation 85,4, corresponding to 2$,ij°/ alcohol 

 C 10 H 18 O; of these 5,03% are combined and 20,14 °/o in the 

 free state. With bisulphite solution Rodie isolated small quantities 

 of an aldehyde which, however, he was unable to identify. This 

 body, which represents about o,oi66°/o °f tne ou of J. pftanicea, 

 and which appears to be absent in the oil of other species of juniper, 

 is, judging from the odour, probably a new aldehyde; its naphtho- 

 cinchoninic acid decomposes without melting at 275 to 2 7 6°; the 

 oxime is liquid; a semicarbazone could not be obtained; among the 

 oxidation products obtained with potassium permanganate in alkaline 

 solution, only carbonic acid could be detected. By further working up 

 the aqueous solutions obtained on saponification of the fraction, Rodie 

 established the presence of acetic acid. Of acids insoluble in water, 

 which were purified by distillation in vacuo and rectified at ordinary 

 pressure, caproic acid could be detected in the fraction of 1 90 to 21 o° 

 at 732 mm. 



Spearmint Oil. According fo the reports from our New York 

 branch, the stocks of this oil in the United States are very considerable, 

 and as a good harvest is anticipated, lower prices may probably be 

 expected. The quality of the article imported by us is unexcelled. 



Spike Oil. The first offers of new distillate, which came to 

 hand at the end of August, showed a considerable decline in the 

 prices, and it is to be hoped that this article, which is of so much 

 importance for the soap manufacture, will once more reach this year a 

 normal price level, which will allow again of its- use as a cheap perfume 

 for soaps. The reports on the harvest from all producing districts 

 are favourable. 



Stai>Anise Oil. Since we last reported on this article, the 

 prices have been maintained, with slight fluctuations which are probably 

 solely due to variations in the exchange, at an average level of 5/- cif. 

 Hamburg. The highest point was reached in the middle of August 

 with 5/3, whilst the cif. quotations have recently declined to 4/9. 

 The tendency is weak, and we do not consider it impossible that we 

 are again approaching the level of 1905, that is to say, prices of 

 about 4/5 to 4/6. Generally speaking, this article is still greatly 

 neglected. After a long interruption, a parcel of Tonquin star -anise 

 oil, which is greatly in demand owing to its exquisite quality, was 

 again offered about the beginning of September. But these small 



