SOME AUSTRALIAN ESSENTIAL OILS. 
Some of the essential oils to which I have referred are already being 
distilled in Australia, but to such a restricted extent that the volume is 
altogether too small, and the price, in consequence, too high to admit of 
their being used commercially for the purposes of synthetics pro- 
ducts. It is only tantalizing to manufacturers who would patronize 
Australian products to find that the moment they are ready to operate 
the products are unobtainable. I commenced the manufacture of ionone . 
from essential oil of Backhousia citriodora, and produced an excellent 
product; suddenly I found the essential oil unobtainable, and I actu- 
ally re-imported from England about 50 Ibs. of it that had been sent 
there for sale. The nature of this essential oil was not known in 
England at the time, otherwise I would have been unable to buy it at 
the price paid. Surely this should have been an indication to the 
original distillers that the oil was wanted. 
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