The following extract is taken from 

 a report, by the Secretary of Her Maj- 

 esty's embassy at Rome, on the Wine 

 and Olive Oil Industries of Italy, which 

 appeared in the official ''Board of Trade 

 Journal,'' February, 1887: 



The finest olive oil, not only in Italy but 

 in the world, is produced in certain hilly dis- 

 tricts of Tuscany, such as Lucca, Calci, and Buti. 

 There the olive-trees are of the best stock and 

 carefully tended ; great care is also devoted to 

 harvesting the olives and to crushing and press- 

 ing them. The oil so obtained, pure and unso- 

 phisticated, which I had the opportunity of tasting 

 during a recent visit to Tuscany, is most delicate 

 and delicious. But in these days of excessive 

 competition, when quality is often sacrificed to 

 cheapness, it is not always an easy matter to 

 procure the best quality of Tuscan, or Lucca, oil, 



as it is generally called out of Tuscany, Still 

 it is to be had, and I may mention that large 

 quantities are exported to England and the 

 United States. 



**The purity of the oil has been recognized at 

 my table, even by Italians in Rome." (The 

 Lucca oil here referred to was supplied hjp S. 

 Rae & Co.) 



Her Majesty's Consul at Leghorn, Italy, in 

 his reports on trade to the Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs, London, England, states that S. 

 Rae & Co. have supplied their Lucca Olive Oil 

 to the chief importers in London for the last 

 forty years, and adds: ''/^ maj> ie satisfactory 

 to the public to know the source of the very best 



EATING OIL AND THE HIGH CHARACTER it Undoubtedly 



enjoys in theplace of its production.^'' 



(See "Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls," 

 No. 6, 1885, Part III.) 



