- CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS. AND. > Drucs. a aad 77 
Be crea to form, aroma, brilliancy and an aired. fatty surface without ‘any spots. 
he packing i is of great interest from a commercial point of view, as the appearance is 
the chief criterion, however good the aroma otherwise may be. The grower is very careful 
i in eae and packing, as well as in combining the bundles; the straight beans are 
; in the centre, then come the curved ones, and the most beautiful are on the outside. 
tins: of from 10 to 12 kilos; on which the trade-mark and the quality are indicated. 
vin glass-stoppered bottles or wrapping up.in tinfoil, fosters the Bevel apiiett - the aroma. 
The exports from Java. and Madura were (in kilos): an i 
a. Destination | 1913 1914 1915 ; 1916, 
Meee Holland 27 1420. 29 2200. 251. 105 
Me “United States 2.20). 2 A922." 804 489 593 
fee Great Brita = S222. * S350 178 ere an 
s France Me alent eat EDN ve — pean oy 
| See Other countries eee hei ee eae 45 BIS 2550 
4g ee aS A on as7. dor TT 748 
The world’s production of vanilla amounts to about ep kilos. 
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‘correct, but the author seems to be rather Sees Leas with ere to ne pprOsper ts 
¥ of vanilla growing. 
A culties of transport and the fact that vanilla is not an indispensible food-stuff. All 
t e belligerent countries have, little by little; ceased to import this condiment. There 
is still a little trade, but under difficulties, with some neutral countries, such as 
Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland. Since the article has been commandeered by 
‘the United States Government, the export from France has been prohibited. The con- 
peruse in France is decreasing steadily, as the re of chocolate and con- 
ectionery seems doomed to disappear more and more. In consequence of this 
to 12 Francs per kilo. Although this price: did not pay, it was to be hoped that some 
growers would be able to maintain their plantations in spite of the difficulties and 
losses during the years of war, as a vanilla plantation once abandoned could not be 
br rought back into working order J a year. aa : 
E: The vanilla exports from the Seychelles in 1917 are a be valued at 50837 7 Rugees, 
AS compared with 164069 eeess in. ie: 
“ ad 1) Indische Merewur of 5th July 1918; Journal PAgriiteure tropicale. — As per wenne f. Handel, Ind. 
uv. Land. 1918, No, 105, page 2, — 2) ore Record 10 (1919), 14. 
The bundles are tied with raffia at both ends and in “the: middle and then packed in 
Three such tins are put-in a wooden box, thus containing from 30 to 36 kilos. Storing 
‘An a Dutch Agia paper?) we find a oe on vanilla, hich may ibe of interest 
for our readers. It is difficult to say just now, whether the views therein exposed are 
_ According to him, vanilla is a scaditet, that, owing to the war, has almost dis- . 
Be eared from the world’s market the reasons being: lack of hands, increasing diffi- 
unfavourable state of affairs, the prices in the colonies have dropped from 18 and 20. 
