Oils and Fats, 



14 



[July, 1910. 



been observed by us, do not apply to 

 the question of origin, because in the 

 matter at issue the bark is of different 

 age and geographical origin. 



The authors give the following ana- 

 lysis showing the chemical constitu- 

 tion of the bark from the trunk :— 



Aqueous extract 

 Alcoholic extract 

 Total ethereal extract 

 Volatile ethereal extract 

 Non -volatile ditto 



Protein matter 



Crude fibre 



Ciunamic aldehyde 



Water 



Ash 8 



Sand (parts of the ash insolu- 

 ble in HC) ... 



Sand-free dry matter 90 



Sand-free ash of the sand-free 

 dry matter ... 9 



•52% 

 •27% 

 '20% 

 •83% 

 •37% 

 •04% 

 •04% 

 •33% 

 •38% 

 ■6% 



•44% 

 •19% 



'05% 



FRANCE GETS 40 PER CENT. OF 

 COPRA FROM PHILIPPINE 

 ISLANDS. 



Dutch Indies are nearest Competitor. 

 Manila Price lower than other 

 Sources. 



(From the Manilla Bulletin, 

 May 10, 1910.) 

 About twenty per cent, of the total 

 importations of copra at the port of 

 Marseilles comes from the Philippine 

 Islands is the statement made by Uuited 

 States Consul-General A. Gaulin, of 

 the French port, in a report made to 

 Washington. 



In his report Consul Gaulin says : The 

 total quantity of copra or coconut 

 pulp imported into France during 1909 

 amounted to 141,080 metric tons, against 

 169,357 tons in 1908 and 110,008 tons in 

 1907, practically all of which was entered 

 for consumption and came to Marseilles, 

 A few thousand tons only were sent to 

 other ports, principally Nantes and 

 Havre. 



About 40 per cent, of these imports 

 came from the Philippines, 29 per cent, 

 from the Dutch Indies, 9 per cent, 

 from British India, 9 per cent, from 

 Mauritius, and the remainder from 

 various countries. The total value of 

 the product consumed in France during 

 the past year was officially estimated 

 at $10,222,000. 



The only vegetable oils imported to 

 any considerable extent in Marseilles 

 are cotton-seed, olive, and palm oils. 

 The average importations of these oils 



in the last five years were approxi- 

 mately as follows : Cotton-seed oil, 

 22,000 tons ; palm oil, 16,000 tons. 



There are nine firms in Marseilles 

 engaged in the extraction of copra oil. 

 Their total production in 1909 is esti- 

 mated at about 85,000 tons, two-thirds of 

 which is used for soap making and the 

 remainder for the manufacture of coco 

 butter. The yield of oil from copra 

 varies fiom 60 to 66 per cent. 



The production of coco butter, which 

 has a wide sale in this country for cook- 

 ing purposes, is controlled by three 

 important firms located in this city. 

 It is sold under various proprietary 

 names (" Vegetaline," " Cocose," "Coco- 

 nuitine ")• Certain dealers who buy 

 from the three manufacturers have, 

 however, adopted special names for 

 mixtures of their own. 



The ruling prices of copra in Marseilles 

 at the present time (February 15), per 

 100 kilos, or 220 pounds, are as follows : 

 Manila, 55 francs net (SMO^l); Saigon, 

 55 fraucs ($1061) with 1 per cent, dis- 

 count ; Dutch Indies, 57 francs ($11), with 

 same discount ; Java, 62 francs ($11 -96), 

 same discount ; Cebu sun-dried, 59 francs 

 ($11-38) net; Ceylon, 63 francs ($12-16); 

 Malabar, 65 francs (1254); Pacific, 58 

 francs ($11*19) ; Mozambique, 58 francs 

 ($11-19). 



Coconut oil prices, per 100 kilos, 

 rule as follows ; Currant quality, 89 

 francs ($17-17) ; Ceylon type, 91 francs 

 ($17-65) ; Coco-Cochin (made with Mala- 

 bar copra), 98 f rancs ($18 91) ; Coco- 

 Cochin Niege superieure (made with 

 finest quality of Malabar copra), 102 

 francs ($19'68). 



The export price of coco butter in 

 barrels containing 180 kilos (396-83 

 pounds), is 112£ francs ($21" 70), per 100 

 kilos (220 pounds), and lllj francs (21-51) 

 in barrels of from 500 to 600 kilos (1,102 

 to 1,322'77 pounds). 



The residuum or cake has been found 

 the best dairy feed available in southern 

 France. Its price varies between 14 and 

 20 francs per 100 kilos ($2'70 and $3'86 per 

 220*46 pounds) ; it is now at 15 to 16 francs 

 ($2 89 to $3-08). It is not exported to 

 any extent, northern Europe making its 

 own. The quantity of cake produced in 

 Marseilles during the past year is esti- 

 mated at over 50,000 tons, being almost 

 equal to the local production of peanut- 

 oil cake, and more than twice that of 

 sesame cake. 



Coconut oil heads the list of vege- 

 table oils exported from France and 

 from Marseilles. The national exports 

 of this oil in 1909 amounted to 23,840 tons, 

 and the local exports to 22,726 tons, the 



