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VANILLA 
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Mauritius 
Description. 
July. 
September. 
November. 
Good 
Fair (long) 
Ordinary (long) 
Fair to good 
Ordinary (short) 
Fair (short) 
12s. to 15s. 
10s. to 10s. 6d. 
8s. 3d. to 9s. 
9s. to 11s. 6d. 
7s. 6d. to 8s. 9d. 
8s. 6d. to 9s. 
The remarks in connection with the above were as 
follows : — 
July 1909. — “Demand Qoodi'' (Journal Jaqriculture trom- 
cale, No. 97). 
SeiJtember . — “ Only 108 boxes were offered. There has, 
however, been a large demand for the article, and the prices 
realised are higher by 6d. to 2s. per lb. than those of last month ” 
(Journal J agriculture tropicale, No. 99). 
November. — “ There was an extremely poor supply, amounting 
to 138 boxes. The demand was good, and the whole lot was 
sold at Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. above the ordinary prices ” (Journal 
J agriculture tropicale, No. 101). 
An interesting article, entitled “ La Vanille des 
colonies fran^aises et la vanilline chimique,” appears in 
Agriculture pratique des pays chauds for October 
1909. In this it is pointed out that, next to Mexico, 
the French colonies have become the most important 
exporters of vanilla. The production of this substance 
is, however, becoming a matter of greater difficulty year 
by year,. owing to the lowering of the prices that has 
been brought about by the competition of the artificial 
product vanillin. 
The following table, showing the quantity of vanilla 
exported from the French colonies, as well as from other 
parts of the world, in 1901, 1904, and 1908, is taken 
from the article mentioned : — 
