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italy. fas had a bad corn harvest, ales a bad harvest of leguminous plants; hence 
BS it- will be compelled to’ import greater quantities of corn pian usual in order to feed 
its population. : 
Drought and heat have damaged the very promising wine and oil crops; the 
: industries -of Upper Italy are suffering severely under the repeatedly renewed trade 
disturbances; an unsatisfactory commercial position for Italy during the next year 
results from this, and thereby apuedis to be the prospect of a high rate of exchange 
for abroad. 
High rates ‘of exehange for abroad. mean for inland Italy, increase in value of her 
own products, and hence probably comparatively high prices for essences. 
Re trade in mandarin oil during last years, see p. 25 of this Report. 
Re adulteration of mandarin oil, see p. 32 of this Report. 
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Orange Oil, sweet. — Under the influence of the extraordinarily high value of 
this oil which still prevailed in April, and in spite of the splendid blossoming of the . 
trees, almost the whole of the coming crop was bought on the trees from the land 
_ owners. in the early part of the year at foolishly high prices. 
In the unhealthy, over-eager competition of the traders amongst themiselvess. 60 lire 
: per 1000 oranges, and then more and more till 100 lire were paid. 
Unsold gardens scarcely existed, for the land owners had never before experienced 
such prices.—The mentioning of this extraordinarily high price paid for the raw 
material is sufficient for one to come to the conclusion that the buyers of oranges, 
for whaterer purposes they may have purchased them, will be forced to price the 
fruit or its waste as dear as possible, unless they would lose whole fortunes by 
these deals. 
This year’s over-rich blooming of the orange Bees has not yielded what it promised 
chiefly on account of the lack of water and the extraordinarily warm spring which 
have occasioned a considerable falling off of the young fruit. The is all in favour 
of the above mentioned buyers. 7 Res 
It is easy to see, in contemplating the high fruit prices and the tremendously 
elevated net costs, that the oil producers would like to see nothing better that a 
chance of mixing afresh in the local speculations in order to pull themselves out of 
the mess in which they find themselves through their dear purchases of fruit. The 
speculators on their side come upon a not altogether too difficult field for their 
activities to work upon. 
Under these conditions, the local prospect 5 the development of the orange oil 
market of these districts depends more than ever before on the more or less favourable 
results of this year’s orange harvest in Cuba, Fae the fixing of the price of the oil 
on that island. 
Re production of orange oil in Italy during recent years, see p. 25 of this Report. 
Re winning of orange oil in the West Indies, see p. 32 of this Report. 
Re an adulterated Sweet orange oil, see p. 31 of this Report. 
