on cooling, and which could be purified by recrystallisation from boiling 
absolute alcohol. This, however, is probably not a hydrocarbon, but 
a wax-like substance. 
As dill oil is met with both free from phellandrene (our own 
distillates from the fruit of the dill have never given us as such a 
phellandrene-reaction) and also containing phellandrene, the presence 
of this hydrocarbon must perhaps be attributed to the fact that the 
oil has been distilled not exclusively from the fruit, but from both 
the fruit and the herb, and the phellandrene-content will vary accord- 
ing to the quantity of the latter. 
Essential Oils, Sicilian and Calabrian. 
The Imperial German Consul at Messina, Mr. Eduardo Jacob, 
has again, as in previous years, supplied us the detailed report on 
essential oils which is given below, thereby ensuring the gratitude of 
everyone interested in this trade. These reports are all the more 
valuable, as they appear in the middle of the season, and do not 
follow the official roundabout way by which they would only attain 
publicity when the season is long since past. 
It will be seen from the following statistical tables of the exports of 
essential oils from Sicily and Calabria in the year 1902, that the export 
of last year has exceeded that of the previous year by 264515 kilos 
and 2 882 228 Lire. 
Very rich harvests of bergamot- and lemon -fruit have made it pos- 
sible for the export- trade here, to place in the year under review 
large quantities of oil at the disposal of foreign consumers, and the 
latter have shown no hesitation to make use of the favourable situation, 
as they were able to buy, especially lemon oil, at exceptionally low prices. 
This enormous increase in the exports during last year confirms 
what has already been pointed out in previous Reports, viz., that the 
world's consumption of Sicilian essential oils, and principally of lemon 
oil, is constantly growing, a fact which may be calculated to put a 
check on any further fall in the prices of lemon oil. 
Export of essential oils. 
m 
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m 
1902 
a) from Messina: 
quantity- 
value 
q u a n t i t }• 
value 
Kilos 
Lire 
Kilos 
Lire 
to North German Ports . 
13676 
205 140 
21773 
304822 
50648 
759720 
75280 
1053920 
Belgium 
1368 
20520 
2 22^ 
31 150 
„ Denmark ....... 
2 241 
33615 
3085 
43 190 
forward 
67933 
IOI8995 
102363 
1433082 
