— no 



amount realised therefrom and the accompanying comment supplied 

 by the Government will interest our readers: — 









Auction sales 







Sales by tender 



Total sales 



d 

 ft 



District 



Khoti 



Quantity 



Amount 





Quantity 



Amount 



Quantity 



Amount 





ts.cwts. lbs. 



Rs. a. 



P- 



ts. cwts. lbs. 



Rs. a. p. 



ts. cwts. lbs. 



Rs. a, p. 



i 



Mysore 



Hunsur . 



403 10 



210023 1 



7 



96 



10 



51030 00 



500 



261053 ! 7 



2 



Mysore 



Seringa- 























patam . 



140 3 84 



73 920 5 



5- 



«5 



15 



43424 12 



225 18 84 



II7345 1 5 



1 



Banga- 



Banga- 





















lore 



lore . . 



66 9 98 



3 22 59 7 



8 



26 



3 86 



15246 11 9 



92 13 72 



47 506 3 5 



4 



Hassan 



Hassan . 



70 8 14 



36425 4 



6 



73 



1 



36302 40 



H3 9 J 4 



72727 8 6 



s 



Kadur 



Chikma- 























galur . 



254 17 



121 450 9 



7 



83 



14 



46 190 



338 11 



167640 9 7 



6 



Kadur 



Tarikere 



181 4 35 



95609 4 



1 



28 



15 84 



14962 2 



210 7 



110571 6 1 



7 



Shimoga 



Shimoga 



160 7 



47681 3 



2 



171 



5 



100718 12 



33i 12 



148399 15 2 



8 



Shimoga 



Sagar . . 



56 12 56 



27837 11 



9 



9 







945 00 



65 12 56 



28782 11 9 



Q 



Shimoga 



Tirtha- 























halli . . 



178 5 



84097 15 



8 





— 



— ' 



178 5 



84097 15 8 





Total 



I1511 17 63 



l7 2 9 3°4 i5 



5 



574 



4 58 



308819 9 9 



2086 2 9 



1 038 124 9 2 



Of the total quantity of 2487 tons 14 cwts. 72 lbs. exposed for 

 sale, 2086 tons 2 cwts. 9 lbs. were disposed of both by auction and 

 tender for Rs. 1038 124.9.2 against 2482 tons 14 cwts. 47 lbs. dis- 

 posed of in the previous year for Rs. 1365577.2.5. 



The quantity exposed for sale was less than that of the previous 

 year by 56 tons 13 cwts. 57 lbs.; and the quantity sold was less by 

 396 tons 12 cwts. 38 lbs. The realisation was less by Rs. 327462.9.3. 

 The quantity left unsold is 401 tons 12 cwts. 63 lbs. The reason 

 for this unsatisfactory result, so far as can be gathered from enquiries 

 and published reports, seems to be limited demand in America and 

 Europe for essential oils owing to the financial crisis and consequent 

 depression of trade. It is stated that the principal continental distillers 

 have held large stocks and did not indent for their usual annual 

 supplies. The causes are therefore temporary and will cease as soon 

 as the normal prosperity is restored. The China market is now ab- 

 solutely closed to India, as it is now being supplied with an inferior 

 kind of cheap wood from Australia. The Chinese, it is said, use 

 sandalwood only for ceremonial purposes, such as cremation and burning 

 in temples and not for distillation as in Europe and India, hence it 

 is a matter of little consequence to them what kind of wood they 

 use. However, samples of the various classes of Indian wood have 

 been sent to merchants there with a view to ascertain whether 

 .there is likely to be any market for them; but it seems there is 

 little probability of China again becoming a large buyer of Mysore 

 wood. 



The undermentioned details concerning the forthcoming auctions 

 have so far come to hand: — 



