896 
Current  Literature. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1918. 
William's  picric  acid  lotion  is  as  follows : 
Camphor  .  .  . 
Sp.  vin.  rect. 
Acid  picric 
Biv 
Bvi 
gr.  viii 
Solve.  Sig. — "  Inflammable.  To  be  painted  over  the  scalp  twice  daily." 
Generally  the  ringworm  hairs  are  loosened,  and  come  away  with  their  bulbous 
portions  in  from  ten  to  thirty  days.  A  yellow  staining  of  the  hair  may  be 
noticeable  some  weeks  after  treatment.  From  The  Prescriber,  September, 
191& 
To  Manufacture  Coconut  and  Palm  Oil  in  Colon. — An 
American  company  with  a  capital  of  $50,000  is  constructing  at  Colon 
a  two-story  concrete  building  for  manufacturing  coconut  and  palm 
oils,  soap,  and  their  by-products,  glycerin,  caustic  potash,  carbonate 
of  potash,  soda,  etc.  It  will  be  possible  to  make  1,500  gallons  of 
coconut  oil  and  250  gallons  of  palm  oil"  daily.  The  factory  will  also 
have  a  daily  capacity  to  manufacture  500  boxes  (60  pounds  each) 
of  laundry  and  toilet  soaps.  The  company  has  two  schooners  for 
trading  along  the  coast  and  bringing  coconuts  to  the  factory ;  and  as 
coconuts  were  exported  from  Colon  in  191 7  to  the  number  of  19,- 
528,843,  an  ample  supply  of  these  nuts  can  be  obtained  for  the  fac- 
tory the  year  round.  Palm  oil  will  be  extracted  from  the  nuts  of 
the  Guinea,  Coroza  Grande,  and  other  palm  trees  growing  in  various 
parts  of  the  Republic  of  Panama,  as  well  as  in  the  Canal  Zone.  It 
is  proposed  to  make  other  vegetable  oils,  but  in  limited  quantities. 
As  the  manager  of  this  oil  factory  has  had  much  experience  in  such 
work,  and  as  the  supply  of  raw  material  is  ample  and  the  demand 
for  vegetable  oils  large,  the  new  company  should  be  quite  successful 
in  its  operations  in  Colon.  (The  address  of  the  company  can  be 
obtained  from  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Commerce  or 
its  district  or  cooperative  offices  by  referring  to  file  No.  104,987.) 
(Consul  Julius  D.  Dreher,  Colon,  from  "Commerce  Reports," 
August  22,  19 1 8.) 
Control  of  Camphor  Production  in  Taiwan. — Seven  officials 
and  experts  are  being  appointed  by  the  Monopoly  Bureau  in  the 
Japanese  Government  General  of  Taiwan  (Formosa).  They  will 
undertake  the  control  of  camphor  production  and  will  conduct  in- 
TRADE  INTEREST. 
