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after being left standing fur months, a snaall quantit}' of needle-like 
white crystals of the melting point 170° separated out. Yucatan elemi 
yielded an oil of the specific gravity 0,945, whose odour reminded 
of dill, lemon and turpentine. On distillation the bulk boiled at 175 to 
180°; from the higher portions no crystals could be obtained. The oil 
of Cameroon elemi (spec. grav. 0,953) behaved similarly, but the odour 
was more unpleasant, probably in consequence of contaminations. 
Essential Oils, Sicilian and Calabrian. 
The particulars for the following report have been supplied to us 
as usual through the courtes}' of the German Consul at Messina, 
Mr. Eduardo J acob. We avail ourselves with pleasure of the oppor- 
tunity, to express to him in this place our sincere thanks. 
As we foreshadowed in our April Report of this year, the prices 
of all essential oils have undergone a rise in the course of the summer, 
in spite of the fact that this season's harvest of bergamot and lemon 
oils placed at the disposal of the world's consumption a quantity of 
oil, such as had never been reached before. 
The greater production with, naturally, low prices, has, however, 
led to such a strong requisition of our market b}' the consuming 
public, that the export of the first 8 months of this year already 
equals the total export of the year 1901 from Messina, whilst, as 
compared with that of the first 8 months of last year, it shows an 
increase of about 55 per cent, and one of nearly 28 per cent over 
that of the same period of 1900. This will be seen from the 
following table: — 
1902 
1 90 1 
1900 
kilos 
kilos 
kilos 
January . 
• •. 132509 
76642 
97294 
Februar}' . 
-. . 74056 
65735 
77294 
March . . . 
• • II5977 
61323 
09635 
April . . . 
• • 83453 
45244 
62671 
May . . . 
. . 77291 
53396 
48595 
June 
• . 45059 
48 142 
59429 
July. . . . 
61247 
35695 
46034 
August . 
• . 52567 
34386 
43346 
642 159 
420563 
. 504298 
Bergamot Oil was in April of this year quoted at an average 
price of 13,50 to 14 Marks, according to the ester-content; it kept at 
this level until the middle of May. In the second half of that month 
the price increased to 15 Marks, and in the first days of June it rose 
to 16,50 to 17 Marks, a quotation still justified by the circumstances. 
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