THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [July 1, 1902. 
bv the Japanese Government, and that the 
monopoly for this kipd <'%™P'^°'^ ^the 
tranBferred to an English firm. But the 
prodnctVon of camphor in Japan remamed as 
Lfore n hands of private firm*, and .t jaB only 
natural that the valne of tbe at tide could not always 
b. kept at the level of the prices fixed by the mono- 
Dolista but ocoaBionally moved backwards. 
-Under these condition* the Japanese Government 
waB compelled to consider the question of al.o 
monopolising the camphor production of Japan. A 
bill to that effect has been brought before Parliament 
hiifc we are informed, has not been passed. 
The Formosa Government will probably sooner or 
later take over th. whole of the Japanese camphor 
and work it jointly with the Formosa camphor, so 
that the production of both countries wUl be under 
onl sinale control. It remains, to be seen whether the 
further exploitation in such case will also be granted 
io . Pirate firm Only whan the whole world's pro- 
duotion of camphor is controlled by one hand will it 
be posiible to keep up th e value . 
CINNAMON OIL, CEYLON. 
of the last few months the 
Joes of fine Ceylon cinnamon chips have suffered a 
Ene which enabled us already ,n January to 
r«duce X quotation of the well-known fiua 
sweet and heivy oil. They have never before 
been so low as at this m oment. 
CITRONBLLA OIL (CEYLON). 
The flaotufttioai. which the value of this impor- 
tant article has undergone durmg the last six 
months are so trifling that they may be left 
"ut of account. The sensational reports, which 
reeularlT make their appearance at certain periods, 
thit at the low quotations the distil ation no 
longer pays; and is slowly becoming extinct, are 
refuted by the fact that the export again shows an 
fnnrease as compared with that of the previous year 
There can be little doubt that, v»ith a selling price of 
about 2/- per kilo, the manufacture of oitronella oil 
ii not very remunerative, more particularly as the 
present .tate of the knowledge of the article renders 
the profitable adulteration of the oi . which used to be 
the order of the day, an extremely difacult matter. 
At the same time, the unfair trading in this article 
has not vet been completely done away with, for 
samples are constantly being submitted for our opinion, 
wWchdo not answer the conditions specified by ue. 
Tn Tiew of the unexampled cutting which prevails in 
citronella oil, the greatest care is required in purchas- 
'"vVe have obtained extraordinary results with the 
Java citronella oil specially distilledfor us This pro- 
a«rt ihowe clearly what can be obtained hj rational, 
-Tnert cultivation and distillation of the crude material, 
for the gpeoies of plant used in Java is the same as 
in Ceylon. And yet what a vast difference between 
*^It*«.ffords ub' great pleasure to be able to present to 
onr readers on the next page a picture showiog part 
«f *hfi nlantation on which this oil is produced. In 
th« foraeround is seen a field planted with citronella 
Ira.. The building on the left contains the appara- 
tus uied for distilling the oil. In yiew of the intermin- 
Ihle trouble and care caused by undertakings of this 
character in such far-off countries, it is sincerely hoped 
that the excellemt product may constantly increase in 
favour and may meet with the appreciation to which 
t is justly entitled, so that the manufacture maybe 
continu'^d^ on a largo scale, I produced on a email 
Bcat" the expenses are proportionate y too high. 
We shall be pleased to supply samples. 
CLOVE OIL. 
AccordiDB to the official reports from tho Ger- 
ata Consulate at Zvnzibar. the clove harvest 
extends over the whole year, commencing in the 
beginning of July and lasting until the end of June. 
This report states further :— From lat July, 191)0 to 30th 
Juue 1901, •250,000 frazileh have been brought to the 
market. An average crop was formerly estimated at 
375,000 frazileh, but should now, no doubt, be taken at 
a lower figure, as the trees have been neglected 
through lack of labour. The prospects of the 1901- 
1902 harvest are said to be good ; it is hoped that the 
yield m 1 be 400,000 frazileh, or 14/00,000 lb.. 
The export was : — 
lb. V»lue in Rupees, 
in 1898 . . 10,856,566 2,155,956 
„ 1899 .. 16,r)93,340 2,953,487 
„ 1900 ... 11,788,095 2,372,227 
It was divided as follows: 
1898 1899 1900 
Quantities in lb. 
Europe .. 4,138,086 8,023,780 . 5,2.35,313 
America ... 7-29.960 648,970 719,600 
Asia ... 5,912 80a 7,599,517 5,769,293 
Africa ... 75,720 316,073 63,814 
Value in Rupees 
Europe .. 7«7,375 1,394.217 1,031,952 
America .. 149,402 110,108 150,079 
Asia ... 1,194,032 1,397,837 1,177.754 
Africa ... 15,147 56,425 12,442 
The export to America was exclusively to New 
York; that to Asia, to Bombay, of which 
perhaps a part has been re -shipped to Europe. 
The export to the various European ports was made 
up a« follows : 
1899 1900 1899 190O 
lbs. Rupees 
Rotterdam .. 4,473,240 2,674,160 786,212 537,810 
London .. 1,432.475 1,404,968 254,852 274,520 
Hfttnbnrg .. 1,249,850 715,260 204,267 122,912 
Marseilles .. 292,215 217,000 51,229 49,800 
To Rotterdam's share should be added 84,000 lb. 
valne 18,000 Rupees, shipped to that port via Am 
■ierdam. 
Clove stems were exported : 
Quantities in lbs. Valne in Rupees. 
1898 1899 1900 1898 1899 1900 
To Europe : — 
5S4,640 3,605,245 1,743,426 24,055 104,351 70,453 
305,561 216,483 220,447 14,845 6,748 11,621 
To America: — 
336,875 555,940 98,000 19,657 31,708 7,700 
Whilst in the previous year the export to America 
waa more than doable that to Asia, the former has 
now become quite unimportant. It is shipped to New 
Yofk and Bombay. In Europe, Hamburg takes the 
first place : 
1898 1899 1900 
Quantities in lbs. 
Hamburg .. 456,890 2,980,110 1,478 226 
Loudon ... 74,900 370335 83,160 
Marseilles .. 38,850 179,900 28,000 
But in clove stems also Rotterdam enters strongly 
into competition. The]importamountedin 1900 already 
to 112,000 lb, to which should still be added 42,000 lb 
from Amsterdam. 
The reports emanating from Holland are in some 
respects in direct contradiction to the official 
eonsolar reports ; in others their calculations, 
or rather estimates, anticipate events in such 
a fantastic manner as to astonish every 
thoughtful reader. la the statistics of one of these 
reports, dated January of this year, the estimates 
made include not only the yield of the harvest 19^2 
to 1903 (i.e. commencing in July 1902 and ending in 
June 1903), estimated at 3,000,000 kilos, but also the 
consumption from 1st September 1902 to 31st August 
