Smith, Kline & French Co. report the following data for ground 
Saigon cinnamon : Ash, 3.5 per cent ; ash soluble in water, 2.1 per 
cent; ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, 0.1 per cent; ether extractive 
(nonvolatile), 1.5 per cent; alcohol extract, 11.9 per cent. — Lab. Rep. 
S. K. & F., 1906, p. 36. 
Liihrig and Thamm report examining 8 samples of Ceylon and 2 
samples of cassia cinnamon, and present the results of their examina- 
tion in the form of a table. The ash content of the Ceylon cinnamon 
varied from 3.85 to 5.32 per cent, while the cassia cinnamon was 
found to contain 2.05 and 2.12 per cent of ash. — Ztschr. f. Unters. d. 
Nahr. u. Genussm., 1906, v. 11, pp. 132-134. 
Kraemer, Henry, asserts that the official cinnamon is substituted 
by fagot or Batavia cinnamon. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, 
p. 335. 
Rusby, H. H., asserts that powdered cassia has been offered from 
which the oil has been distilled. — Ibid ., p. 335. 
The 5th report of the Illinois Food Commission reports examining 
85 samples of powdered cinnamon ; 3 were contaminated, 5 adulterated 
with oil stone, flour, wheat starch, sand, and bean meal. — Proc. Am. 
Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, p. 335. 
At Darlington police court a dealer was fined £1 and costs for sell- 
ing cassia which contained 10.30 per cent mineral matter, of which 
7.30 per cent was sand. The analyst (W. F. Keating Stoak) certified 
that the ash of pure cassia did not exceed 2.40 per cent, and the 
largest proportion of sand he found in commercial samples of fair 
quality was 3 per cent. — Brit. Food J., Bond., 1906, v. 8, p. 48. 
Keimatsu, Iv., has examined the etheral oils obtained from the 
leaves, stems, and roots of the cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum loureirii 
Nees. He finds that the oil obtained from the leaves contains citrol 
as its chief component. The oils obtained from the stems and roots 
both contain cinnamic aldehyde as their chief constituent. — J. Pharm. 
Soc., Japan, 1906, p. 105. 
Keimatsu and Asahina report an examination of the volatile oil of 
Cinnamomum pedunculatum Nees. — Ibid., 1906, p. 1095. 
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Sprinkmeyer and Furstenberg found Ceylon cinnamon to vary 
from 4.61 to 6.98 per cent of sand-free ash, while cassia cinnamon was 
found to have from 1.77 to 3.38 per cent sancl-free ash. Other factors 
relating to the properties of the ash are also mentioned. — Ztschr. f. 
Unters. d. Nahr. u. Genussm., 1906, v. 12, p. 657. 
Smith, Kline & French Co. report the following data for ground 
Ceylon cinnamon bark: Ash, 5.2 per cent; ash soluble in water, 2.01 
per cent ; ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, 0.25 per cent ; ether 
