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"lemon oil". Sadebeck^) also states, that Andropogon Sclioenajithiis 
is cultivated in some parts of East Africa, and that the fragrant 
lemongrass oil is distilled from it. But at the same time he mentions 
also, that this oil is used for adulterating rose oil, and thereby (and 
also by referring to the synonymous words rusa, palmarosa, or Turkish 
geranium oil) he identifies it with palmarosa oil. Finally, the annual 
report of the Builenzorg botanical gardens also mentions Andropogon 
Schoejianthus L. (sereh) as the mother-plant of lemongrass oil. 
With reference to a lemongrass oil from Jamaica which is said to 
be distilled from this species of grass, see under "lemongrass oil". 
Clove' Oil. Since our Report of October 1902, the prices of 
Zanzibar cloves have gradually advanced by a few marks per 100 kilos, 
until about the end of January last the rise came to a stop, and the 
value even declined again little by little to about the October -level. 
The present state of the prices may be designated as normal, healthy, 
and there can be no objection to the laying in of an abundant supply 
of clove oil. 
In our new factories we have made extensive arrangements for 
the distillation of cloves on the largest scale, in the true sense of the 
word. The establishment of a private custom-house in our factory- 
buildings is a great advantage in this connection, as cloves and all 
other spices may be distilled free of duty if under control of the 
Customs' officers, a control which extends to the denaturalising of the 
spice after distillation. 
The following statistics, taken from official Consular reports in the 
"Deutsches Handels-Archiv", may be found interesting. 
Cloves. The exports were: — 
Weight in 
pounds : 
Value in rupees: 
in 1898 
. . . 10856 
566 
2155956 
„ 1899 . . 
. ■ • 16593 
340 
2958487 
„ 1900 . . 
. . . 11788 
095 
2 372 227 
„ 1901 . . 
. . . 1 1 962 
069 
2465373 
were made up 
as follows: - 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1 90 1 
Weight in 
pounds: 
Europe . 
4138086 
8028780 
5235388 
4470632 
America 
729960 
648970 
719600 
252000 
Asia 
5 912 800 
7599517 
5769293 
7081 471 
Africa . 
75720 
316073 
63814 
153966 
Value in 
rupees: 
Europe . 
797375 
1394217 
1031952 
888110 
America 
149402 
1 10 108 
150079 
50700 
Asia 
I 194032 
1397837 
I 177754 
1496053 
Africa . 
15 147 
56425 
12 442 
30510 
^) Die Culturgewachse der deutschen Colonien. Jena 189Q, p. 247. 
