and Magazine of the Ceylon Agricultural Society,— August, 1912. 



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is common in this climate. The 

 treatment is absolute rest in bed and 

 a diet restricted to MILK ONLY. 



GREEN BUTTERFLY 

 BRAND 



Contains no sugar, is sterilised, pure full cream, and being 

 homogenised mechanically, is the BEST procurable, and 

 has saved many lives. C Always insist on Fusselfs. 



REPUTATION means REPETITION 



Of all Retailers. Wholesale: Miller & Co., Colombo. 



GRAPHITE IN GERMANY AND SPAIN. 



Washington, June 28, 1912. — Consul-General 

 Skinner, at Hamburg, Germany, has sent to the 

 Commerce Department here an account of the 

 graphite industry and trade of that country. 

 Some discussion of the same subject is also con- 

 tained in a report which the department has re- 

 ceived from Consul Kobert Frazer, Jr., at Valen- 

 cia. Spain. Mr Skinner, in speaking of the gra- 

 phite industry of Germany, among other things, 

 says : — 



The total importation of crude, ground and 

 scoured graphite into Germany amounts to up- 

 ward of 82,000 tons per annum, practically all of 

 the business from over-sen countries being con- 

 centrated at Hamburg. While the imports from 

 the United States are rather limited in quantity, 

 there is no reason why much more business 

 should not be done if American exporters are 

 able to meet German terms and requirements. 



It is exceedingly difficult to submit any satis- 

 factory information in regard to prices, as the 

 variations are considerable in the value of the 

 different qualities. Hamburg firms consulted 

 a v e all willing to receive American samples, and 

 would then be in position to submit definite 

 propositions. On March 16 p wdered amorphous 

 graphite was worth $2 38 to $7 14 per 220 46 

 p ^urnis, and graphite in fUkes. both crystals and 

 powdered orystals, $7 - 14 to $28*56. Exporters of 



graphite to the United States quote good mar- 

 ketable qualities at 1J to %\ cents per English 

 pound, c i.f. Baltimore shipment in bags. When 

 graphite is packed in casks, the weight per cask 

 is 440 pounds. The 



HIGHEST GRADE OF GRAPHITE HANDLED IN 

 HAMBURG IS RECEIVED FROM CEYLON. 



There was received in Germany during 1911 

 about 33,000 tons of crude, ground and scoured 

 graphite, and there was sent out of the country 

 about 40,000 tons. 



The report from Spain makes the following 

 comments on the situation in the graphite trade 

 of that country :— 



Graphite crucibles and pulverized plumbago 

 are used by the several small bronze and steel 

 foundries in operation in the Valencia district, 

 but only on a retail scale. Purchases are effec- 

 ted almost exclusively through travelling repre- 

 sentatives of English or German exporters who 

 pay periodic visits and call personally on all 

 consumers to book orders, which, although indi- 

 vidually small, in the aggregate appear to be of 

 sufficient importance to warrant the expense of 

 travelling salesmen. These travellers, however, 

 do not offar graphite products alone, but gene- 

 rally carry also belting, greases, miscellaneous 

 supplies and machinery. Their headquarters 

 are usually at Barcelona, but some come direct 

 from England and Germany, 



