per picul. 
The Lampong na Muntok crop is said to ave. been ah 
ae that of 1917/18, nothing accurate is known ‘So far. | 
consumption. ‘White Muntok, soled. for at 85 sens | 
to 215 towards the end of the year, black Tainpond, from 90 to 1, 
decline is “expected. On the contrary, Nonee prices are " prognosticat 
reaching perhaps § 10.— per lb. pote a high price might prove prohibit 
German buyer. Ras: 
and 29.1, : 
6.5 per cent., total menthol 66.4 and 63.3 oe cent, Sale in 7 Bee ee 
; 70 per cent. or in */4 vol. of alcohol 90 per cent. eas 
ets 
last year. 
but most of “them more or less pana adulterated. The lack of freon 
the vivid demand led many a supe to “stretch" their stocks, Niece 
had to mention in his Ficnort (comp. pages 15, 63, 68). Bist Oe all, 
with phthalic ester, in some instances to an almost incredible extent, ee i 
_ being 55 in one case and 65 in four others, so that one’ ‘might: almost he 
ie of phthalic ester perfumed with peppermint oil. Not only a ont b 
sell such stuff. In the latter respect, the firm had miscalculated, hi 
had a chance to prevent cisions from eibace taken ‘ine 
had been | disclosed through our sigoeet This shawe Be 
ag must be, if it is not possible: to reveal is in time. 
* 11) Wirtschaftsdienst 1918, 888. 
