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honey, castor-oil, lime-juice and cane-juice vinegar, are 
merely mentioned, and are lumped together with similar 
produfts from other colonies. Our large number of astrin- 
gent barks used for medicinal and tanning purposes, 
are dismissed in a few lines, and one must have recourse 
to the more complete and careful notice of these produfts 
of Guiana afforded by the pamphlet of Mr. HOLMES of 
the Pharmaceutical Society. 
PERFUMERY is noticed by Dr. PAUL, who reminds his 
readers that there are numerous raw materials in the West 
Indian colonies that might be turned to useful account 
for the manufa6lure of perfumes. In this connection, 
mention may be made of numerous essential oils avail- 
able for perfumery purposes. Plants yielding fragrant 
oils are abundant, and there is a large field for their 
industrial application. A flower farm and perfume 
factory are being attempted in Jamaica, and there are 
other places, among them British Guiana, where this 
industry could be carried out. 
There were no specimens of OILS and FATS from 
marine or land animals exhibited by British Guiana. 
Mr. LEOPOLD FIELD, the reporter in this se6lion, men- 
tions that fish and whale oil have fallen into disuse as 
lubricants, being replaced by American, Scotch, and 
Russian hydro-carbon oils, just as kerosene and petro- 
leum have supplanted sperm and colza as illuminants. 
British Guiana produces nothing in this way, and but 
three exhibits from the West Indies are mentioned. 
These were a fine specimen of porpoise oil well fitted to 
make soft soap, and some shark's oil and a small quan- 
tity of whale oil. Nut, seed and fruit oils, with the 
exception of cocoanut oil, are not produced in this 
