eRe “crop was . that of 1911/12, amoung to 28000000 ee 20000000 Ibs of which 
ze .. ee "supplied by Pemba. The smallest quantity was that of 1912/13, when 00 
were gathered, more than 3500000 Ibs. of it in Pemba. The average ve 
ft 
of about 3000 trees 60 years old, Nnapaued by a Papen is 8 Ibs. p 
on all reeds: of cloves. 
- The deliveries were .as follows: — We PE ASE eae 
rant Mate ~ July 1st 1915 to June 30% 1916 ity Ist 1916 to March 31 1917 
Gaetibar. 4.957399 Ibs. O715011 Bat | 
Pemba: 8 meen 
total: «= 27886458 Ibs. «1359005. he oe “ ae 
. “For the remaining three month of the season 1916/ 17, the deliveries. are. es if 
- at from 1400000 to 1575000 Ibs. The prices for 1 frasilah fluctuated during the 
between 10.51 and 11.22 Rupees for Zanzibar cloves and 9.91 to 11.51 BAO for. 
ers Aoves: The quotations have not been influenced by the war... oy 
gto 28S AS to the export of cloves from 1 Zanzibar, see 2 84 of this Me ey ne 
Coriander Oil. a: sample of coriander grown in Cyprus on ‘examined in t aK: 
Imperial Institute, London’), gave the comparatively low oil yield of 0.48 per ee. hg 
__ other seeds of Moravian, Thuringian, Russian, and Hungarian origin giving 0.8 to 1 per cent. | 
ny oil. Again, other samples are considerably poorer. in oil, to wit, coriander from Morc 
with 0.2 to 0.3 percent. The oil from Cyprus coriander showed normal properties: i 
iso 0.879, a + 12° 20%, Mp20e | 407, Sts in 1 ae and more os 70 ee cent oh 
i way from the Italian b raiice althougt doth are derived from the same. 
ST hey distilled wan from different districts of pogce | in the cupectateg of 
- of dissimilar properties and composition. They found that really there wer 
pis _ differences in the properties of these oils. As, owing to the outbreak of the vay 
; Me ; See stie ion: could not be complies they yess the preliminary 3 results, ie ne 
a 
Ys 
Ts 
Ne Hy tans t : - 
pa ds OURS and Report. October 1916, 16. — %) Colonial report on the a of 
 Druggist 89 (1917), 1109. — %) Bull. Imp: Inst. 15 DADs Q01s S coum 
, Syees Haeei ag ie ane ed., vol. gos Pages wey and 372. 
