Piva SDN 
has the periodical “Die Seife”. We now. find that. the original essay thereo 
Me in the oun Imp. Inst. 17 Get), F 159. Mee amy Ne 
Le 
BY ~ Oil of Brassica casipestels; ee ELC eae re ne fe a “communication | from A. 
_ héver') from the Pharmacognosy Laboratory, Washington, the seed of Brassica ! 
_L,, var. chinensis, oleifera (Chinese colza), contains from 40 to 50 per cent. of 
similar to _rapeseed- and colza oil. On macerating the seeds with water, a gi 
and ‘ the nascence of a volatile oil, present in quantity from 0.4 to 0.6 a 
observed. This: oil was identical with the crotonyl mustard oil, 
: 1918 é 1919 is “1920. oa oe 
Kites nie Xone k eed Gaeue: 266 439 122 649 ) am 
NH Vs oer LOS: 06244 537267 oo a 
How considerably this eine has recoveced is seen from the) face ‘hae in the” 
month of June 1920 alone 152288 Kin to the value of 37060 Yen were shipped, that. is, ae 
in one month, more than a fourth of the total Jray quantity for 1919. : . 
We cull a noteworthy compilation from a report from Osaka*) of te course of ‘the. , 
camphor production in Japan and Formosa during recent years. The preparation of x 
refined camphor in Japan is confined principally to’ Kobe and Osaka; for this purpose — 
4 million Kin of raw camphor on an average were used in the years 1915, 1916 and 1917. 
In. the latter half of 1917 and in 1918 the camphor industry diminished greatly in conse-_ ue 
; quence of the War and the scarcity of labour. As a result of the set-back in the | ‘ 
camphor production, a great camphor concern was formed from the companies which. 
deliver the raw camphor to the Japanese Monopoly Office. The camphor - will be 
| more systematically collected and economically managed. By this ‘means it is thought 
that one will be better able to compete in the*market with other industries, — Whilst 
a grand total of at least 4 million Kin (5291 080 Ibs.) is again. expected for 1919, it is 
hoped that for the year commencing 1* April 1920 a total of from 5 Tos 6 milion i 
will be reached. t ep beh i kde On iam 
The following figures give etme ten re the total export of refined camphor from. 
Et te oy 
ih the two. chief places: | Oh tos a pe a Sat 
1915 1915 i Ligie’ eae Water AG ted Ok kee ae 
BERT Stes s. | -. Amount value — - Amount value ; 
Z 4 = 
‘ans Kin Pigg Co i Kine) yy. Se Yep HS 
~ Kobe... . 3899062 3446400. 4121004 4208684 2 
Osaka... 473972 425072513416 Dees Aas 
ay ye 4) Perfum. “Record 10 (1919), 259. — *) Cf, Gildemeister and Hotfmann, The vi 
P 527. = 4) pase and Chemical Markets 7 (1920), 165. 
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