Drugs and Medicinal Plants, 



454 



| May 1908. 



Oil Castor,— is lower. Hull make of 

 first-pressing in barrels, is now quoted 

 for prompt delivery »t £25. 15s., March- 

 June at £25. 10s., and July-December at 

 £25. 15s. ; second-pressing being 10s. per 

 ton less, ex wharf London. 



Pepper.— At unction a few bags good 

 Ceylon sold at 4d. Good Tellieherry was 

 bought in at 4|d. per lb. ; privately, fair 

 Singapore on spot is quoted 3 |d. A 

 good business has been done for ship- 

 ment at easier prices, including March- 

 May, April-June, and May-July at3;jld. 

 to 3§d. c.i.f. At auction 30 bags fine 

 Muntok white were bought in at 

 6|d. Spot sellers of Singapore ask 5 d, 

 to 5|d., and near at hand 5hd. landed 



terms; Penang is worth 4|d. Rather- 

 easier prices are quoted for arrival, tlie 

 sales comprising MarcL-May and April- 

 June shipments at Sftd. to 5|d. c.i.f, d/w. 



Turmeric— Madias is steady with 

 small sales at from 22-. to 23s., and for 

 Cochin split bulbs 14s is asked on ihe 

 spot. Bengal is unaltered. At auction 

 40 bags of Cochin split hulbs sold 

 at 14s. 



Wax, Carnauba, is easier, waxy grey 

 offering at 110-t- spot and 105s. for distant 

 delivery. 50 bags chalky grey have been 

 sold in Liverpool at 107s. 6d.— The 

 Chemist and Druggist, 7th March, 1908, 

 Vol, LXXII. 



TIMBER. 



TEAK. 



Translated Titles op Articles 

 Reviewed. 

 By J. C. Willis. 



The properties and production of Java 

 Teak or D,iati by M. Busmen. 

 Teak in Siam, by C, C. Hosseus. 



Teak-afforesting in the African Colo- 

 nies, by W. Bnsse.— Beihefte zum Tro- 

 penpflanzer. VII. 5, 1907. 



An area of 75,000 or more acres is given 

 up to this cultivation in Java and there 

 are large area9 of wild forests. In 

 general only teak occurs on the ground, 



but other species are occasionally found 

 intermixed and of late attempts have 

 been made in mixed cultivations with 

 Acacias and other trees. The usual 

 height in well grown forests is about 

 100-110 feet and thickness 18 to 40 inches. 

 At 36 years old the average mass of avail- 

 able wood is 380 cubic metres to the 

 hectare, valued at £6s. 5 to £12 the cubic 

 metre, according to length of balks from 

 2 to 10 yards, 



Siam is of late coming into prominence 

 as a source of teak, and Hosseus gives a 

 detailed account of its occurrence there. 



Busse recommends the planting of teak 

 in the German colonies. 



