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oil with kerosene and other cheap oils, which is difficult to detect, 
has influenced the value, and the present quotation of 9 d. per lb. 
renders the cultivation unremunerative. As long as this practice is 
continued, no hope can be entertained of an improvement in the price. 
The following diagram, which shows the annual export during the 
last decade, is given in the said Report: — 
lags 
1897 
1^53 
)CfOO 
1901 
14 
1^200^0 CO. 
00,0 00. 
10 00^0 00. 
Soc,ooc. 
800^ 000. 
600, OOP. 
According to this diagram, the annual export has steadily decreased 
since 1899, but the falling off in this year will be even more pro- 
nounced, for, according to the official returns, the citronella-oil export 
from Ceylon up to August 3^^^ of this year, i. e. in 7 months, amounts 
to only 569875 lbs., made up as follows: — 
To the United States . . . 328136 lbs. 
United Kingdom . . 152877 
Germany 47920 
China 22 2"] 2 
Australia 9 377 
India ...... 5 972 
Singapore 3321 
Total 569875 lbs. 
The export for the year 1903 would consequently amount to 
scarcely 1000000 lbs. 
In order to detect in a practical manner the remarkable increase 
in the adulteration of citronella oil, we have by means of inquiries 
been able to ascertain that not all exporters experience in the 
