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entirely of /-borneol. Although ay is more ered used i in Cin 
of Indian ink. 
Power concludes his remarks with a short review of the essential oil nee in” 
America. According to official reports’) there were 107 factories in the United States of 
North America in 1914 occupied in the manufacture of essential oils. The following table — 
gives an idea of the quantities of essential oil obtained at that time in that country: - Game he 
_ Amount Value am 4 
Peppermint oil, crude . . . 254793 Ibs. 353076 # 
: » purified ... 109198 , 2485 et oly Cone ee 
Spearmint off 2... 2... 94209. , 238074 ,, hee oe 
Birch “bark oie ote ee a Of 091) (oi. te eae 
Wintergreen oil. . . .°. . 6000 ,, 24538 0 ee ee 
Wormwood! oi i438 Sea AOR 90408 FP) ee 
Other essential oils?) ©... | 348522 Pa, an 
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The total value of these products amounted to 1289482 §'*). The total value of essential — 
oils imported into U.S. A. from 1St July 1915 to 30th June 1916, amounted to 3109656 $*). 
The amounts of camphor imported in the same period were: — 
Amount Value 
Raw Camphor. . . ..-. 4574430 Ibs. 11236172 § 
Refined Camphor. . . . 1866154 _ ,, 619320 ,, 
The essential oil industry in. India.— Noteworthy advances have been made in the 
essential oil industry of East India and Ceylon since 1914. Whilst formerly sandal- — 
wood was disposed of by auction, the manufacture of its oil has now been started in 
Bangalore’). Thymol is obtained from ajowan seed in crystals®); the citronella oil 
industry is developing in Burma’), and palmarosa oil*) is obtained in the ‘Melghat 
Division by means of steam-distillation. 
Exports of raw material for the preparation of essential oils exported 
. from East Indies m year 1917/18°). 
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Quantity Value 
Ajowan seed 7.0 ©.5c eS 3960 cwt. PSs. 
Amseed... 2 he ie LOIS): 1065. ,, 
Coriander seed oc Sa 9 MAO BTS _ 80154 ,, 
Cumirniseed) {ia Saree 18439 ,, D4 7978 oy ln hee ae 
Black Cumin seed . . . SH Pee seat a 5030_,, eee 
Dill Seeds i ee ee She FA se 28781 ,, 
Cardamonr 0 02 Bie OEE TR Soe 64740. ,, 
Cinnamon ee 55554, 1064 ,, 
Giniger ia tee Rs Nae BA Si men sas 87 254 ,, 
Sandalwood >.) ye _ eras fC We 
Lemongrass oil . .. . 26871 gallons 25613 | 
ay Census of manufactures for 1914 is8uwed by the Department of Commerce 1918.° 
to be counted, sassafras, cederwood, pennyroyal, tansy oils and considerable adantaten) of sandalw 
camphor, clove, parsley, patchouli, lemon and orange oils. —. *) These figures do not take into account t 
turpentine oil industry. In 1914, 27648939 gallons of turpentine al were prepared and were valued st 1074032 
— *) Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture 1917. — 5) Cf. Report 1919, 45. atta) Report 
— ") Cf. p. 17 of this Report. — 8) Cf. Report 1919, 37. —  °) Journ. Soe. set” Bets es 38 (1919) 
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