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Vuanuiy Average ^,^^3, vg,^^ 



Year Exported. Price y ^^^ Export. 



Pounds Per Pound. "^ 



1895 233,236 83.54 $826,713. 



1896 199,436 3.86 770,673. 



1897 179,573 4.71 846,686. 



1898 174,063 3.66 638,446. 



1899 196,196 3.98 782,540. 



1900 160,101 . 5.20 833,710. 



1901 149,069 5.38 801,672. 



1902 154,063 5.55 856,515. 



1903 151,985 5.23 796,008. 



1904 131,882 6.45 851,820. 



1905 146,576 7.30 1069,849. 



1906 160,949 7.30 1175,844. 



1907 117,696 6.90 813,023. 



1908 154,180 7.21 1111,994. 



1909 186,257 6-82 1270,179. 



1910 192,406 7.48 1439,434. 



1911 153,999 7.06 1088,202. 

 This export consists almost entirely of wild roots, for while 



ginseng has for many years been grown in China, Japan, and prob- 

 ably Russia and other countries, it is only recently that attempts 

 to grow our species have been made in this country. 



An examination of the table will show that the quantity ex- 

 ported has been decreasing, which is due to the diminishing pro- 

 duct of the forest. The table shows further that there has been a 

 much more rapid increase in prices paid than a decrease in the 

 quantity exported, which is apparently owing to the increasing 

 demand for American ginseng in China. 



That there is a good demand for our article in China, is 

 emphasized by the following Government Report: Mr. Quag, pre- 



