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The imports of Linseed oil into England in 1851, amounted to 

 Quarters 608,986. 



As a great variety of pigments and of resins for varnishes are 

 procurable in India, the present large item of imports under the 

 head of " paints and colors" might be materially diminished. 



The wood oils of India are in themselves natural varnishes, being 

 composed of a mixture of a resin and a volatile oil, they are not 

 however so durable as the Linseed oil varnish, being more brittle • 

 and liable to scale off, though they answer well for in-door work ; 

 the addition of a due proportion of any good drying oil, would 

 perhaps render them more durable. 



Oil, — as used in thcmanvfacltire of Candles and Soaps. We now 

 proceed to consider oils in a higher state of manufacture, or when 

 converted into candles and soap. 



As regards the former article, it is doubtful whether candles can 

 be manufactured in India at a sufficiently remunerating price to en- 

 able a local company successfully to compete with the imported 

 article. This question indeed is one for the practical manufacturer 

 to determine. Candles might be made with ease, but to make them 

 cheaply would involve a large outlay for machinery, kc. The im- 

 ports of wax and candles (almost entirely the latter,) and the ex- 

 ports of bees' wax are as follows. 



imtorts. 



lbs.62.720 Rs. 45,953 from England. 



lbs. Rs. 4,778 from England. 



lbs. « Rs. 2,549 from Bengal and Bombay. 



lbs.52,478 Rs. 28,720 from England, 

 lbs. 6,272 Rs. 4,178 from Bengal and Bombay, 

 lbs. 35,366 Rs. 18,213 from England, 

 lbs. 2,977 Rs. 1,808 from Indian ports, 

 lbs. 41,914 Rs. 21,690 from England, 

 lbs. 4,255 Rs. 2,369 from Indian ports, 

 lbs. 61,386 Rs. 31,523 from England. 

 lbs.10,194 Rs. 3,739 from Indian ports. 



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