(2) Forest erperimant stations have been established to 

 conduct programs under the supervision of the Imperial 

 Household, national and prefectural governments and 

 universities. Forest product experiments are pursued 

 by private industrial laboratories seeking better uti- 

 lization practices in their manufacturing processes. 



(3) Forest experiment stations are located at: 



(a) Imperial Forest and Estates Bureaui 

 Tokyo end Hokkaido 



(b) Bureau of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, Tokyo 



(c) Prefectures: Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Hyogo , Kagoshima, 

 Shimane, Toyama, Wakayama auid YamaJiashi 



(d) Imperial Universities: Hokkaido, Kyoto, Kyushu 

 and Tokyo 



(e) Industry: Several major wood using manufacturers 

 have established private wood products experiment 

 laboratories 



4. MISEBALS 



a. Japan Poor in Mineral Resources 



(1) In all except a few commodities the resources and pro- 

 duction are inadequate for her own needs. Japan did, 

 however, build a large i^efinlng and processing industry, 

 which, although dependent on imports of raw materials, 

 yielded finished products for her own use and for ex- 

 port. 



b. Inadequate Mineral Resources 



(1) Petroleum (See Plate 12) 



(a) Three major producing areas - Akita, Yamagata, 

 and Niigata districts in northwestern Honshu 



(b) Present production about 1,400,000 barrels froiL 

 about 4,000 producing wells. This production is 

 about 10 percent of civilian requirements in 1935. 



(2) Lead, manganef^e, tungsten, molybdenum, fluorlte, nickel, 

 cobalt, antimony, mercury, vanadium, titanium, iron, 

 asbestos, graphite, gypsum, tin and other minerals are 

 produced in insufficient quantities. No phosphate, 

 potash, or rock salt. Pan salt is produced in suf- 

 ficient quantity to provide for about 50 percent of 

 Japanese needs. Lack of phosphate and potash is 



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