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Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  1918. 
maize  oil  and  90  tons  of  residue,  which  is  used  as  horse  fodder. 
It  has  been  estimated  that  by  degerminating  the  whole  of  the  Ru- 
manian maize  crop  sufficient  oil  would  be  produced  to  increase  the 
daily  fat  ration  in  Germany  and  Austria-Hungary  by  12  per  cent. 
(From  the  Journal  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry,  March  30, 
1918.) 
Formosan  Caffeine  Factory. — Mr.  H.  Hoshi,  president  of  the 
Hoshi  Drug  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Tokyo,  states  that  his  Taihoku 
factory,  where  he  has  hitherto  carried  on  experiments  in  the  manu- 
facture of  caffeine,  will  begin  the  production  of  the  drug  on  a  com- 
mercial scale  in  June,  19 18.  He  expects  to  be  able  to  produce  5,000 
pounds  of  caffeine  per  year  and  to  refine  the  product  in  his  Tokyo 
factory.  The  amount  of  caffeine  which  can  be  extracted  from 
Twiwan  tea  varies  from  3  to  10  pounds  per  1,000  pounds  of  raw 
material,  according  to  the  quality  of  the  tea  used. 
In  the  Shidzouka  tea  district  of  Japan  the  farmers  themselves 
manufacture  caffeine  on  a  small  scale.  Mr.  Hoshi  purchases  their 
product  and  refines  it  in  Tokyo.  (By  Consul  Max  D.  Kirjassoff, 
Taihoku,  Taiwan,  Jan.  7.    From  Commerce  Reports.) 
Output  of  Sandalwood  Oil  in  Mysore. — It  is  stated  in  the 
Mysore  Administration  Report  for  191 6-1 7  that  the  Sandalwood 
Oil  Factory  at  Bangalore  started  work  on  May  10,  1916,  and  manu- 
factured 50,690  pounds  of  oil  up  to  the  end  of  June,  191 7.  A  net 
profit  of  $163,209  (after  paying  $262,125  to  the  forest  department 
for  sandalwood)  was  realized  during  the  period.  The  value  of  the 
oil  sold  in  transit  to  the  London  agency  amounted  to  $188,493. 
The  construction  of  another  factory  at  Mysore  at  an  estimated  cost 
of  $97,330  was  undertaken  during  the  year,  and  the  work  is  nearing 
completion.  The  report  says  that  the  industry  is  placed  on  a  scien- 
tific basis  and  the  Mysore  oil  commands  a  good  price  on  the  London 
market.  The  services  of  two  professors  of  the  Indian  Institute  of 
Science  as  consulting  chemists  have  been  secured,  and  before  ship- 
ment a  sample  is  taken  from  each  consignment  of  oil  and  a  certificate 
of  purity  issued  under  their  signature.  (From  Commerce  Reports, 
April  6,  1918.) 
Camphor  Apportioned  to  United  States. — Consul  M.  D.  Kir- 
jassoff cables  from  Taiwan,  Formosa,  that  camphor  apportioned 
