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It will be seen that the exports to India have increased considerably, 
those to Europe slightly, whilst the exports to America have greatly gone down. 
As regards the European ports, the exports were in detail: — 
1899 1900 1901 
Weight in pounds: 
Rotterdam 4473240 2674160 2330764 
London 1432475 I404q68 1 841 493 
Marseilles 292215 217000 133000 
Hamburg 1249850 715260 125720 
Value in rupees: 
Rotterdam 786212 537 810 466168 
London 254852 274520 3^4955 
Marseilles 51229 49800 25200 
Hamburg 204267 122 912 23220 
London, which at one time was the principal port for clove-exports, has 
therefore improved its position in the year under review. Rotterdam has, 
however, still an advantage of half a miUion pounds. 
Clove-stems were exported: — 
in 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
Weight in 
pounds : 
to Europe . 
584640 
3605245 
I 743426 
I 290 868 
,, Asia . 
305561 
216484 
220447 
210 140 
,, America 
336875 
555940 
98 000 
140000 
Value in 
rupees: 
Europe . 
24055 
104351 
70453 
66556 
,, Asia . . 
14845 
6748 
1 1 621 
13350 
,, America 
19657 
31708 
7700 
10600 
export to Europe 
was shipped: 
in 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1 90 1 
Weight in 
pounds: 
to Hamburg . 
456890 
2 980 1 10 
I 478 226 
I2J2 668 
,, London . 
74900 
370335 
83 160 
33700 
„ Marseilles . 
38850 
179900 
28000 
31500 
„ Rotterdam . 
unkn 0 wn 
112 000 
In our April Report of last year, on page 24, we stated that, 
according to our observations, among others benzoic acid was also 
contained in clove oil, and we pointed out that it was probably 
present in the oil, if only in minute quantity, in the form of its methyl 
ester. We were namely able to isolate this ester from the first runnings 
though not in a perfectly pure state, by frequently repeated fractional 
distillation, and subsequent suitable treatment of a fraction which came 
under consideration for this body on account of its boiling point. The 
first portions of the oil passing over betwen 40° and 94° (8 to 9 mm), 
distilled after treatment with bisulphite solution between 161° and 220^. 
The first of these fractions, boiling at 161° to 165°, was tested forpinene, 
but yielded no solid nitrosochloride ; similarly, no solid terpene 
