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Rae ‘ConmerciaL, ‘AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES. ‘ON ESSENTIAL Os. ties 
Pr een 
x The hort of Citronella Oil on ava. and Madura was: — 
Per FOlSds Wan ee OTe} 4917 pi {AB 1919 
fo2 tt 136.6 t.. YESH as Megs 228.0 t. (528.5 t. 
"Whilst the exports of 1913. ‘chet went to the Netherlands, Germany and France, 
~ those of 1917 went above all to England, America and Japan. However in 1918, only 
. ee — Japan remained as the chief countries to which this commodity was ee) 
BS cae | Exported tors, SL LORE 7 NOIR EC 1919) 
4 ep pn . sHigNand sc SN St. = ZaBncrt: 
eee. - - France. : i Sia eng mates = OO 
RPS Emel ae ot cas 21SOr, = Ofer, 
os PIRMeeR Gs ete DOR SL BEA to BOA Oe 
‘ Japan. Be ene ee SaoO eps a. BOB. Ce, 
"Citronella Oil, Burmese. — Since 1912 citronella grass (Andropogon Nardus, Vie) 
with good Success, and turned to profitable account for the obtaining of citronella’ oil. 
_ Burma citronella Oil, containing from 82 to 94.7 per cent. total geraniol (geraniol +- 
become ile 
Clove Oil.—A total of 824501 frasilas ri frasila = 39. Ibs.) on Spice cloves 
‘ produced 565 229 frasilas and Zanzibar 259 272 frasilas*). 
- islands of Zanzibar and Pemba for the winning of oil of cloves. The undertaking is 
supported by the authorities*). : | : 
LU 
SS Essential Oils, Sicilian and Calabrian. 
returned home early in the year, haS given us a comprehensive report of the essential 
oil market, which we give verbatim to our readers. 
It is our sorrowful duty to announce that the above-named gentleman fied suddenly 
shortly after the completion of his report. This news will be received with the deepest 
sympathy in all branches of the essence trade. All those who were interested in purging 
_ the Sicilian and Calabrian trade in essences, of its irregularities and adulterations owe 
_ him an immense debt of gratitude; more ‘especially so as they. have enjoyed the ad- 
3 vantages of this purification. Herr Jacob was the first in the essence trade to place 
himself enthusiastically in the service of the good cause, when, more. than 30 years ago, 
_ worthy methods of examination. Although lacking in a scientific education, he developed 
in the shortest time such a ‘skill and exactitude in conducting | investigation pro- 
Ay Handelsherichten (Den Haag) 14 (1920), 184. — *) Chemist and Druggist 91 (1919), 815; Chem. Ztg. 44 
(1920), 38. — *) Ind. und Hamd.-Ztg. No. 148 (1920), 1002. — 4) Perfuwm. Record 11 (1920), 91. 
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‘ -citronellal), was recognized in 1914 in the London market as being as good a. product 
as Java oil. The new industry developed well in Spite oF the war and promises to — 
fad: begun to be cultivated in Burma in the neighbourhood of Moulmein and Amherst, — 
6: were harvested. in 1919 in the islands of Zanzibar .and Pemba, of which Pemba ° 
Recoxtine to a report distillation works are in the course of erection on the. 
Our friend, Here: Eduardo Jacob, German Consul in Me seine before the War, who ee 
_ we proceeded against the prevalent adulteration ‘mania, by. the working out: of trust- 
