e came 0. tandstill | alter the Guthkead ot the! war, owing 
y's demand, ais eh is Bonen decided upon distilling 
ly n for export. 
a Sgalord: iate of Aiodiens 2000 Ibs. of oil per shOtitt in the beginning, 
ie pay, pon was raised up to 5.000 Ibs. later on. A second Jee is now 
: 19 /— and 50/- per Ib. Each consignment is _accompanied by a, Government certi- 
: purity. As in the United States sandalwood oil has to pay duty at the rate 
er cent. ad valorem, it: seems “Auestionable whether the: eee: oil will be 
VI ein America. 
ne imports of such were aS follows: a ve NG eee moc beak 
bee origin. 698 ‘r9i0/11 ue 11/12 oF 1919/13 ‘, ce  yo1ays 
ie Australia” aa £ 4678 £ 5208 £ 9478 -£ 5110 £ 
pe ‘Straits. Settlements -. ALAS oe: 2680. 3903 os SOOO Sh DOL! 
_~ other countries © oe are ii femene ree ip 2006 399 y te AA ite tJ} 
Be, total: 0576) A. 8126 11707 A 13576 £ 8372 nee 
W - Australia. REST ea eM 
A A China imported the following quantities of similar ‘wood:. a 
ne origin Pete nO, & 1911, Sie : 1912, Peed Ong > 1914 
‘ \ 
| 
! | Hongkong . 6092 tons 5815 tons - 3716 tons | 4753 tons » 4823 tons 
At Pe ee ee ood se aia, 
other countries "3640 EGE es Satis Bes, 3 240. ,, Zit 
total: 6794 ae “0584 tons” 5283 tons 4993 tons 7311 tons : 
ne. quantities given for Hongkong refer in. “part to wood imported from Australia 
is ie 
er 
re i 
| 
AS stralia exported e undermentioned quantities of such wood: ay 
1910. iE Fa ae A912 RE tga, ; 1914 oy 11015 
10775 LL 85506 (27533 z£ | a 589 £ 65 919 a ae = ah 
: 2 Br, ‘éalled ee CO ee 
In | the cultivation of the sandal tree, fe attention must be given to its halt parasitic 
e es ws It will be difficult, peas to find vs proper host plants 
\ 
) “Comp. Report April 1915, a, _ 4 the ou and Colour Trades Journal: Handelsberichten (Den Haag) 
eae ee one The price obeatned ‘for it” in London, in 1916, ied ; 
12 “quantities here ascribed to the Straits Settlements originated in part from 
ne ‘sandalwood from Aucicalia: comes lee from sabi spicatus R. Br. wae 
f living. In India, 144. different host plants are known, all trees, 27 of which belong | 
