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iNoshaothe of ‘orange oil from Jamaica, is na 
19164) 
boxes | dollars 
1915 
boxes | dollars | 
“4912 
boxes | dollars 
1914 
boxes . Paiiave, 
ws “1911 
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1913 
boxes | dollars 
-. || — | — | 88 | 6612] 112 |12663| 80 ; 
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160 | 7683 | 219 15719} 244 17585| 228 11585) 195  9687| 461 | 21162 
33 Tau — 65 | 4396} 466 | 35417) 1033 57586] 1276 55497 | ae ve 
64° °F B14 | 720* | 970| 30 1214 66 | 2954] 23 | 1040 
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Been 3 in Europe, but quite pe pceially in the United States, in the manufacture of. 
cuits. and sweets, but also for perfumes, soaps and flavouring essences, — ra 
Ss ee usual ECE, is in cases eon eine 2 SODPe of 25 Ibs. eachs. 2, 
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ro oe to. the determination of the oil content’ in Mine Citris: fruit peels: see page Oo 
: of this | Report. eee asks Ps ARN) A Menai i OMS Bin Ciaty es Riss 
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Eucalyptus Oi AX sample, “sent ‘us for analysis ‘in ‘Marche last, proved what ea a 
igruities occur with eucalyptus. oil, especially in the retail. trade. The bottle, ; 
eicing about 30 grams, ‘bore a label on which the: eucalyptus ~ oil, which it was 
su apposed to contain, was praised up to the skies as a sort of panacea. The constants 
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d been adapted to those of the Globulus. oil, only the solubility was not up to thes hes ne 
tk: dys0 0.9202, ty 1°47", soluble in 1 vol. and more of alcohol of 80 per cent., Butea 
f alcohol of 70 per cent. even, 10 vols. were insufficient fOr a" complete solution. — e 
ea F A closer investigation showed that the product had nothing whatever to do with 
7 alyptus oil, for it did not contain a single one of its characteristic constituents, 
in the main bodies that are altogether alien to this group of oils. ‘Apart from | 
about 6 per cent. of ethyl alcohol, camphor was | found to be an. essential component | 
of the stuff, amounting to about one third of the quantity. | Borneol was likewise | 
preser , from which it may be. concluded that: one had here to deal with a camphor — 
oil fraction containing camphor, to which apparently a mixture of waste terpenes. had - 
n added. The product was. therefore an “absolute failure and | Ae only remained 
estionable whether the seller had been cheated or was. trying to. cheat. If the 
ner ‘was the case, he was still to be charged with carelessness, for he ought to. 
ie informed himself beforehand as Nii9 the BrepRtlies. BF what he was going to put et 
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: : lyptus oil gitiuktcy in New South Wales, part of which we beg to render here. 
r 2 oil is obtained for three different — purposes, viz., _ pharmaceutical, ‘metallurgical | 
E sas technical for perfumery. Experts are of opinion that some eucalyptus oils may 
be used to a greater extent in future in order to prepare certain aromatics. The oil 
of Eucalyptus.) Macarthur is specie mentioned, on account of the vane that it contains 
= 2 nae wi A 
. c. 3) Most Iikely the fiscal year rie on. June 30th, — 2) Dane the fiscal year ending on June 30th 1917, 
iS. of oil ‘to the value of § 96553 were mores from ater to. the United gta — 8) Perfum. 
d 9 G18), 94, . ; 
