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Lime Leaf Oil. A sample of lime leaf oil received by the Imperial Institute in 
London) from Montserrat showed the following characters: d23 0,8772, «p +38°17’, 
sap. v. 27,6, sol. in 90 p.c. alcohol. Upon the addition of 9 vols. of the solvent 
opalescence ensued; 43 p.c. of the oil reacted with bisulphite solution. 
Linaloe Oil. It might have been expected that the conditions prevailing in 
Mexico would have exercised more influence upon the course of prices than has in 
fact been the case, but the demand in Europe has only been slight, principally because 
owing to the drop of bergamot oil prices the need for bergamot substitutes, such as 
linalyl acetate etc., has diminished, ‘and also because large supplies of excellent Cayenne 
linaloe oil are still available for the use of the perfume industry. The prices of the 
last-named variety also have not risen as much as would have been expected judging 
by the conditions which ruled last autumn. We hear that in Cayenne a bitter rivalry 
for the purchase of linaloe wood is in progress, which has caused prices to advance 
to a level at which the distillers must certainly prepare themselves for serious dis- 
appointments if European buyers should continue to refuse to concede the increased 
demands. The future course of the bergamot oil market will be the deciding factor 
in this. question. Mexican oil was last offered at 25.— -& per kilo, Cayenne oil at 
34.— fes.; the first-named is therefore much too dear in proportion, and this explains 
the siowness of its sale. 
For Shiu oil see p.92 of the present Report. 
Lovage Oil. As was to be anticipated, there has been a serious decline in the 
price of this article, the crop in Thuringia having been not only plentiful, but having 
degenerated into over-production, as a result of which the root has become com- 
pletely depreciated. As there is only a limited sale for lovage oil the farmers have 
derived small satisfaction from their crop. We have been able considerably to reduce 
our price for 1913 oil. 
Mastix Oil. This oil, which is largely used in the manufacture of beverages 
throughout the Orient, has been in greater demand than ever during the last few 
months, because the raw material could only be procured with difficulty, and at prices 
compared with which our quotations appeared at times to be very moderate indeed. 
We are about to distil another parcel, but it will depend upon the calculation of the 
result whether we shall be able to offer the newly-distilled oil at the present prices. 
Mastix Leaf Oil. The oil*) prepared from the leaves of the Mastix tree (Pistacia 
Lentiscus, L., N.O. Anacardiacee) possesses the following characters: d 0,887, «, + 3°. 
The oil contains 5,8 p.c. esters and 13,5 p.c. acetylisable constituents, as well as 
pinene and presumably also other terpenes and sesquiterpenes. Its aroma reminds of 
the oils of rue and of savin. 
Oil of Mentha sylvestris. At the Imperial Institute in London*) an oil distilled 
in Cyprus, it is said from the herb of Mentha sylvestris*), has been found to possess 
the following characters: de 0,9687, «++ 31° 58’, sap. v. 24,9, sap. v. after acet. 175,5, 
sol. in 2,5 vols. a.m. of 70 p.c. alcohol. 
*) Bull. Imp. Inst. 11 (1913), 436. Comp. Report October 1906, 79. — *) Perfum. Record 4 (1913), 403. — 
*) Bull. Imp. Inst. 11 (1913), 432, — +4) Comp. Report April 1918, 74. 
