96 Report of Schimmel sj Co. April 1913. 



The oil prepared by the Monopoly Bureau is said to contain about 60 p. c. linalool. 

 The sale of the oil is in the hands of the Bureau, but so far nothing has yet been 

 settled as to the countries to which it is to be exported or the price at which it is 

 to be sold. The British Consul is of opinion that the crude oil can be prepared at 

 half the price of linalool. 



The Perfumery and Essential Oil Record (loc- cit.) describes two oils received from 

 the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade in London, which fall under 

 the above heading: 



A (separated from a crude oil by repeated distillation). di 5 o 0,879, a D — 16°, ester 



(linalyl acetate) 6,4 p. c, total linalool 56,0 p. c. 

 B (separated by distillation from a crude oil of high sp.gr.). di 5 o 0,883, a D — 14°, 

 ester 0,9 p. c, total linalool 47,1 p. c. 



Spearmint Oil. The increase in the production, of which we have recently been 

 advised by our New York friends, has had no weakening effect upon the market, but 

 consumption has increased to such an extent that the available supplies of oil will most 

 probably be insufficient to carry us over to the time of the arrival of the new crop. 

 The bulk of the production is consumed in the United States. Within the past few 

 months the prices have repeatedly become firmer, and we have at last been compelled 

 to follow the market with our quotations. 



Spike Oil. As already mentioned in our October Report, the French producing 

 centres have been of no account so far as the supply of any considerable quantity 

 is concerned, as the prices asked have been quite out of the question. As a result, 

 all those interested in the oil turned their attention to the Spanish producing districts, 

 where something like a struggle to secure supplies has set in, unfortunately with the 

 unavoidable result that the prices were gradually being rushed upwards. We have been 

 able to make very advantageous contracts and we are therefore in a position to offer 

 oil of a quality which is identical with that previously received from France, at com- 

 paratively low prices. Of course for many technical purposes the present range of 

 values of spike oil precludes its use, but in default of any cheap substitute (owing 

 to its imperfect solubility and its peculiar odour, rosemary oil is usually out of the 

 question for this purpose) we are afraid that, with good or ill grace, consumers will 

 be compelled to pay our price. In order to make things as easy as possible for our 

 friends we shall be satisfied with a very modest profit. 



Star Anise Oil. The price of star anise oil (Red Ship Brand) has fluctuated as 

 follows in the course of the winter: — 



on 1 st October 1912 6/- on 1st January 1913 6/4 1 /* 



„ 15th „ 1912 6/- „ 15th „ 1913 6/2 



„ 1st November 1912 5/ni/ 8 „ 1st February 1913 6/1 7* 



„ 15th „ 1912 5/11 „ 15th „ 1913 5/11 



„ 1st December 1912 6/2 „ 1st March 1913 5/10 



„ 15th „ 1912 6/2 „ 15th „ 1913 6/3 



The characteristic feature of the period under review has therefore been the con- 

 tinuous up-and-down movement of the quotations, and it would appear that this move- 

 ment has been solely determined by the relation between supply and demand and 



