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Oil of Ambrette seeds. Advantage has been taken of the 
catastrophe in Martinique to raise the prices of ambrette seed, but 
the movement has again calmed down, and only an unimportant 
increase has remained. Java supplied a substitute in sufficient quantity. 
At ordinary temperature, oil of ambrette seeds is solid; the body 
which causes the solidification is most probably palmitic acid. This 
fatty acid has in practice frequently proved inconvenient, and it has 
occurred to us to remove it from oil of ambrette seeds (analogous to 
orris oil), and to introduce the oil into commerce in the liquid state. 
Liquid oil of ambrette seeds (which we have added to our price- 
lists) does not congeal at low temperature, and is about six times as 
strong as the ordinary oil. Its physical constants are as follows: — 
Specific gravity 0,909; 
Optical rotation 1° 10'; 
Acid number 2,4; ester number 180,5. 
The oil makes a clear solution already in 5 — 6 volumes 80 per cent, 
alcohol. 
Samples for further testing this new product will be supplied on 
application. 
Angelica Oil. The price of this oil is at present still high, and 
a reliable quality is scarce. Our angelica plantations, however, have 
thriven so excellently this year, that we anticipate a yield four times 
as large as that of last year, and that we hope again to be able to 
carry on the distillation of the oil under favourable conditions. 
Anise Oil. The anise harvest in Russia is said to have suffered 
in some districts through continuous rainfall, but the external appearance 
of this year's seed is very satisfactory, and the seed is distinguished 
not only by purity, but also by a bright colour. On the whole 
the yield is reported as good, and material for distillation is available 
in abundance. 
At the first anise market this year at Krasnoje, the supply amounted 
to 1390000 kilos, and was sold at from 1,40 to 1,50 roubles per 
pood, equal to about 14/9 per cwt. This price would mean a slight 
increase over that of last year. 
There is an exceptionally large supply this year of Roumelian anise, 
which in quality far surpasses the Russian seed. If it is possible to 
supply this article at a corresponding price, a competitor will have 
arisen which should not be underrated. 
The best quality anise is produced in Spain; in 1900, 864876 kilos 
of this were exported from that country. Alicante anise is also much 
esteemed; of this quality, 285897 kilos were exported in 1901. 
