Bi ecaoce that fnparters. shoal be in a position to guarantee the oil to be genuine, 
F . that it consists of oil only obtained by distillation of the cinnamon bark and that 
it is not adulterated with cinnamaldehyde, cassia oil, or any other substance. The: ; 
secretary of the Lowcountry Products Association reported that distillation of cinnamon 
bark oil had been given up some years ago in consequence of the low prices realized 
and owing to the greater demand for cinnamon leaf oil. Also, that it was improbable 
= that it would be taken up again unless a very brisk demand for pure bark oil were 
= to ‘set in and that trade in chips were to decline at the same time to a considerable 
= extent. From another quarter the reply was obtained that oil which sold at a price 
3 of about Rs. 1.25 to 1.50 per oz. was undoubtedly mixed with leaf oil but that at prices 
ranging: from Rs. 3.— to 3.50 a pure distillate was obtainable. Still another source — 
states that no unadulterated cinnamon bark oil was exported fron Ceylon because 
- it was too ‘dear and demand was not important enough. The product exported as 
2 cinnamon bark oil usually contained 50 per cent. and more of cinnamon !eaf oil. It 
was stated that if of late years pure cinnamon oil had been exported to England — 
from Germany, this oil would have been distilled in Germany from imported chips. 
; Ceylon oil was hardly ever pure and that it contained from 10 to-20 percent. of = 
leaf oil. ; 
Finally. the secretary of the Lowcountry Products. Association reported on his— 
. negociations with parties interested in the cinnamon industry and declares that ee 
one Ib. was distilled for the Association and was examined by the Government 
4 Agricultural analyst whose report is as follows: «1°, aldehyde content 68 per cent., 
_ eugenol content 16 per cent. As will be seen, the eugenol content is fairly high so 
_ that it is not impossible that the sample examined was not pure either. 
In 1915 Ceylon exported 
Bee _ 4123433 Ibs. of cinnamon 1 bark and 2045287 Ibs. of chips 
; = as against 2361994 ,, ,, i Sol Sa 1498 464 erate cos in, Lote 
| Of cinnamon chips 280870 lbs. went to Great Britain, 07 828 Ibs. to the United 
States and 213860 ee to Spain in 19152), 3 
= 
Zz On a colorimetric method of determining cinnamaldehyde compare Analy wees 
ened page 92. 
E Oil of Citronella. Expats from Ceylon were greater in 1915 than in 1914, as 
will be seen from the table below”). 
4) Perfum. Record 7 (1916), 5. — *) Chemist and Druggist 88 (1916), 382. 
_ Another correspondent writes to the effect that the market for this oil was flat, that | cA 
would be possible to provide English buyers with about 1000 oz. of cinnamon bark : 
oil monthly, and that the price would be from Rs. 2.25 to 3.— per oz. A sample of 
‘On-the exports of cinnamon bark from the Seychelles see page 91 of this a 
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