270  Commercial  Aloes.  {AmjJu°nUe?i9Sarm' 
the  New  York  market.  This  latter  statement  would  also  appear  to 
be  borne  out  by  the  report  of  imports  into  the  United  States. 
According  to  the  National  Dispensatory,54  the  amount  of  aloes 
imported  into  the  United  States  in  1876  was  96,500  pounds ;  this 
had  increased  in  1882  to  230,624  pounds.  The  figures  for  the  past 
five  years,  given  in  the  annexed  table,  are  copied  from  the  annual 
reports  of  the  United  States  Treasury  Department.37 
IMPORTS  FOR  CONSUMPTION  ;  YEARS  ENDING  JUNE  30th, 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
640,658 
$20,734.00 
0.03.2 
664,613 
$21,253  00 
0.03.2 
472,976 
$17,337.00 
0.03.6 
841,130 
$29,048.00 
0.03.5 
492,968 
$18,726.00 
0.03.8 
Apart  from  the  large  quantities  given  in  this  report,  the  compara- 
tively low  value  per  unit  of  quantity  is  perhaps  the  most  interesting 
part  of  the  figures  here  quoted.  These  figures  are  even  more 
interesting  when  compared  with  the  current  prices  quoted  for  the 
different  grades  of  aloes. 
The  style  of  package  in  which  the  different  varieties  of  aloes  are 
found  on  the  market  may  be  of  interest. 
Cape  aloes  comes  in  cases  holding  approximately  500  pounds. 
Curacao  aloes  comes  in  cases  of  about  100  pounds. 
Curacao  aloes,  in  gourds,  usually  appears  in  two  styles  of  package. 
Small  gourds,  from  2  to  10  pounds  each,  are  packed  in  boxes 
holding  about  75  pounds  each. 
Large  gourds,  weighing  from  11  to  15  pounds  each,  are  packed 
in  barrels  holding  about  200  pounds  each. 
The  so-called  Socotrine  aloes  usually  comes  either  in  kegs  hold- 
ing  about  100  pounds,  or  in  tin-lined  claret  cases  holding  variable 
quantities.  Zanzibar  aloes,  usually  sold  as  Socotrine,  comes  in 
monkey-skin  packages,  varying  in  weight  from  10  to  30  pounds. 
Some  of  the  Zanzibar  aloes,  particularly  that  sold  by  way  of  Bom- 
bay, is  also  packed  in  kegs  holding  about  1 12  pounds. 
Uganda  aloes,  according  to  Holmes,  comes  in  bags  holding  about 
4  pounds  of  the  finely  powdered  or  coarsely  ground  drug,  each  bag 
having  a  crown,  as  trade-mark,  stamped  upon  it ;  or  it  comes  in 
cakes  of  about  4  pounds  each,  with  a  crown  stamped  in  the  drug. 
Jafferabad  aloes,  as  stated  above,  does  not  appear  in  the  American 
