1D SCIENTIFIC 1 NOTES ON) ESSENTIAL OILS. 19 
oes tie Gendkicties were S fichty compensated for this by the ever rising Giieee 
a of the bye-product — calcium citrate, the crude material for crystallised citric acid. 
During the war-period ‘the total exports of essential oils from South Italy were as 
- follows: ate | ae 
Ea 1914. 2. . 708952 kg. worth 14184516 Lire | 
ape pee . 1915 2S 4 O21 868, wih a Siadonn: 2 : 
: yee NOE I oe Ue ERSTE, es aiacee Umi, Co W a) (9 22 geal | Se 
“ie ae HET con eee ART SS » 147202686 ee 
| haaale PA ARG os oe OTD 480715, . 26161083), Wee 
The greatly enhanced value of the export for 1918 is to be traced to the raising 
of the value of all kinds of essential ee which in its turn, is. due to the greatly 
increased costs of production. , 
_ The figures you give on pages 25 and 26 of your: “Report April-October 1919 of — | 
the export of essences for the year 1918 are obviously incorrect. Your guarantor 
has apparently omitted to convert into kilogrammes, the quantities which lay before 
him as Sicilian pounds and has multiplied the official average price per kilogramme ch 
_ by the Sicilian pound, from which quite fantastic figures have resulted. 
The more correct figures are as follows: — | i " ee Be) 
_ Oil of Bitter Oranges . . . kg. 98680 = ee 35.— Lire 3453800 a 
Oil of Bepeamiat) jo 20h a) ZO AAS Oo. 16850:860 f 
eee OIA TiS Me 5685 243" 
emma ce pe PAGZ es OS i OL AD 
ER a le YP et 2A at ADRS 49 840 ay 
kg, 875439 Lire —-_ Lire 26161083 8 
For the sake of a pee exposition of the price course a table is added to the Pt 
attached paper (i. e.,.294 column of figures given above —Lire 35, &c.) which contains : 
the average ‘monthly. market sale prices for the period June 1914 to June 1920 in the 
Italian lire standard and for a Sicilian pound of 317 grammes. For the time of the eee 
_fise in the first half of 1920 kas averee figures for each half month are shown. ‘ 
(See ge-2t.y- i 
a The price fluctuations noticeable in this table will be spoken of later in. ie 
discussions over the fate of each individual kind of essence. ma 
In the past year, 1919, the export of essences from South Italy aounvert to 
1266108 kg.; a table of values is not yet pase since the official publications in 
regard thereto have not yet arrived. . 
The customary pre-war distribution of South Hay essential oils amongst the 
various consuming countries has undergone a radical displacement by reason of the 
war. Many countries formerly importing small quantities only, suddenly received an 
increased significance for this ic tet for example — Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, 
and Scandinavia. 
_ Now, as formerly, the United States of North America take the mreater share of 
the South Italian essences, then come England and her colonies. 
. Se er eee eigen omen lan ak a wee iy 
North America took annually more than half of the total export, 22.°— 
1915 1916 ; WOE ei. 3" ; 1918 1919"> 
326348 kg. 373183 kg. 431309 kg. 402301 kg. 534158 kg. 
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