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SECTION III.—FAT INDUSTRY. 
A.—YEGETABLE AND ANIMAL OILS AND FATS. 
A very large number of seeds contain fixed oil in 
sufficient quantity to rermmerate for its extraction, 
some of these oils possess valuable medicinal pro- | 
perties, others are sweet and esculent, others again 
possess great drying properties, for which they are 
esteemed by painters and artists; whilst, on the j 
other band, some are so limpid as to be valuable for 
lubricating fine macbinery. For different oils 
different uses, and all.these varieties are well repre- 
sented in India, but the native method of expression 
is so rüde, being little better than a gigantio pestel 
and mortar, that one great desideratum towards the 
extension of Indian commerce in oils seems to be 
inore efficient means for extraction, small, cheap, 
efficient, and simple oil presses for native use. 
The exhibits of oils, both vegetable and animal, 
are exceedingly meagre, and give no idea of the 
resources of India in this section. 
Collection of vegetable oils exhibited by Dr. Kanny 
Loli Dey, Calcutta. 
4.792. Almond oil (Indian). Terminalia catappa. 
(Not a commercial article, occasionally used in 
preparation of food, but chiefly as a hair oil.) 
4.793. Bassia oil. Bassia latifolia. (Extensively 
used for adulterating ghee, also for burning as a 
lamp oil.) 
4.794. Cashew nut oil, kernel. Anacardium occi- 
dentale. (LTse the same as 4792. Is as good as 
olive oil.) 
4.795. Cashew nut oil, crust. Anacardium occi- 
dentale. (Used medicinally as a rubefacient.) 
4,7'96. Castor oil. Ricinus communis. 
4,797- Chalmugra seed oil. Gynocardia odorata. 
(Used extensively as an emollient and specific 
curative in leprosy’; the specimen forwarded is less 
clear than can be obtained in the summer months. 
The seeds procurable in the cold weather will not 
yield a clear oil.) 
4.798. Cocoanut oil. Cocos nucifera. (Expressed 
from the freshly dried kernal.) 
4.799. Cotton seed oil. Gossipium herbaceum. (An 
excellent drying oil.) 
4.800. Fennel seed oil or Kalajira oil. Nigella 
sativa. (An excellent lactagogue, used also for 
confections.) 
4.801. Ground nut oil. Arachis hypogoea. (A Sub 
stitute for olive oil in all its various applieations, 
will scarcely congeal at 10 C°, and can therefore 
be substituted for colza oil. Does not soon get 
rancid.) 
4.802. Indrajab seed oil. Wrightia antidysenterica. 
(A novelty; an excellent vermifuge.( 
4.803. Linseed oil. Linum usitatissimum. 
4.804. Mustard seed oil. Sinapis nigra. (In uni 
versal use among the natives of Bengal, both for 
culinary purposes, and as an unguent.) 
4.805. Nim seed oil. Azadirachta indica, (Used as 
a specific emollient in cutaneous disorders. 
4,800. Poppy oil. Papaver somniferum. (Used 
chiefly to’ adulterate the better qualities of 
medicinal, culinary, and unguental oils.) 
4.807. Sunflower seed oil. Helianthus annuus et 
perennis. (A novelty; a limpid bland oil suitable 
a3 a substitute for olive oil.) 
4.808. Til oil. Sesamum orientale. (The basis of 
all the scented oils used in India, does not soon 
get rancid, a good substitute for olive oil. 
Exhibited by Khetter Mohun Bysack and Sons, 
Nundon Bagan Steam Oil Factory, Calcutta. 
4.810. Cocoa nut oil. Cocos nucifera. 
4.811. Castor oil. Ricinus communis. 
The Nundon Bagan Steam Oil Factory has the 
patent oil-press and mills of the late Babu Khetter 
Mohun Bysack, which are worked by a steam engine 
of 16 II.P. From 500 to 600 gallons of castor oil, 
and from 200 to 250 gallons of cocoanut oil can be 
prepared daily by these mills. The present firm 
consists of the sons of the late proprietor, whose 
trade mark K.B. upon their cases and tins is well 
known to European merchants. 
Collection of vegetable oils exhibited by the Indore 
Local Committee. 
908. Teel seed oil. Sesamum orientale. 
909. Linseed oil. Linum usitatissimum. 
910. Moongphullee. Arachis hypogoea. 
911. Poppy seed oil. Papaver somniferum. 
912. Rumeylee oil. Guizotia oleifera. 
913. Sursoo oil. Sinapis sp. 
914. Castor oil. Ricinus communis. 
Collection of vegetable oils from Oude, exhibited by 
the Local Committee. 
4.140. Sinapis glauea. 
4.141. Linum usitatissimum. 
4.142. Sinapis nigra. 
4.143. Sesamum orientale. 
4.144. Ricinus communis. 
4.145. Papaver somniferum. 
5.146. Bassia latifolia. 
4.147. Sesamum orientale. 
Three samples of vegetable oils exhibited by the 
Bombay Local Committee. 
7.301. Khurasnee seed oil. 
7.302. Mustard seed oil. 
7.303. Sesame seed oil. 
OIL CAKF1 
The following examples of oil cake from Oude are 
exhibited by the Local Committee. 
3,589. Linseed oil cake. 
3,622. Mowha oil cake. 
4.148. Mustard seed oil cake. 
3,570. Poppy seed oil cake. 
3,594. Surson seed oil cake.