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Report of Schimmel § Co. 1922. 



Month 



Lemon oil 



Bergamot oil 



Orange oil, 

 sweet 



Orange oil, 

 bitter 



Mandarin oil 



July: 



1 st „ 



9th 



7.75 



55.— 



34.— 



26.- - 



50.- 



»> 



11 th „ 



16th 



7.75 



53.— 



32.— 



26- 



50- 



' 



18th n 



23 rd 



7.25 



53.— 



31.— 



27.- 



59.- • 



D 



25th „ 



30th 



7.75 



55.50 



35.— 



28.— 



62.-- 



August: 



1st „ 6th 



8.50toll — 



60- to 68- 



38.50 



30.— 



65.- 



» 



8th A 13th 



10.50 



78 — 



43.- 



32 — 



70. 



» 



16th „ 20th 



9.75toll.— 



78.- 



47.— 



33.— 



75. 



» 



22 nd „ 30th 



10.— 



74.— 



47.— 



49.— ' 



85.- 



September 



l«t n ioth 



9.75 



73.50 



46.— 



48.- 



83.- 



» 



12th m 17th 



9.25 



72.— 



45.— 



46.— 



83. 



ti 



19th „ 24th- 



8.80 



71 — 



43.- 



48.— 



83.- 



n 



26th m 30th 



8.75 



70.50 



41.25 



50.— 



78. 



October: 



1st . 8 th 



8.50 



70.— 



40.- 



45.— 



76. 



>» 



10th _. 15th 



8.30 



78.— 



39.- 



41.— 



74.- 



»» 



17th f> 22nd 



7.75 



70.- 



38.— 



37.— 



75 



>i 



24th tj 29th 



7.50 



70.— 



39.- 



34.— 



72, 



November: 



2nd ;. 5 th 



8.— 



70.— 



42.- 



33.— 



71, 





7th n i 2 th 



8.- - 



68.- 



43.- 



34.— 



70, 



„ 



Hth n 19th 



7.75 



67.— 



41.— 



34.- 



70. 



)> 



21 st „ 26th 



7.50 



63.- 



40.— 



34.— . 



65. 



>» 



28th „ 30th 



7.- 



61.50 



39.- 



33.50 



•65, 



December: 



1 st „ 3 rd 



7.— 



61.- 



38.- 



33.50 



60. 



n 



5th n i th 



7.- 



60.50 



38.— 



34 — 



60. 



n 



12th n 17th 



7.50 



60.— 



38.— 



34.- 



55. 



» 



19 th „ 24 th 



8.- 



59.75 



37.50 



32.- 



55. 



» 



26th „ 31 st 



8.50 



60 — 



37.- 



31.- 



55. 



Bergamot Oil. — After a short period of comparative firmness towards the end of 

 April last year, the market relapsed into the old dull state, so that the prices sank 

 nearly 20 per cent. Attempts made from certain quarters to monopolize the market, 

 failed. Only in the course of the month of August, a sudden change took place, 

 owing to a vivid demand from all foreign countries, which coincided with the purchases 

 speculators had to make in order to cover their engagements. However, there was a 

 noticeable downward tendency again already in the following two months, as the coming 

 new crop induced various producers to put their stocks on the market. The yield of 

 last year's autumn pressing is somewhat lower than the previous one, but in con- 

 sequence of lack of transactions the position of the article continues weak. One may 

 therefore reckon with further declining prices. 



A. Parozzani 1 ) investigated bergamot oils of the 1921/22 Calabrian crop. Whereas 

 the oils of the previous year were conspicuous by their high optical rotation, low 



x ) Annali (Leila Ii. Stazione Sperimentole per Vindustria delle essenze e del derivati dagli agrumi "2 (1922), 1. 

 According to a reprint kindly sent us. 



