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roduction of camphor in Formosa, and has, no doubt, in con- 
templation the creation of a large revenue by enhanced prices in 
the future. 
For a history of the vicissitudes of the camphor trade in 
Formosa itself the reader is referred to the Chinese I.M. Custom 
* Decennial Reports for 1882-91" (pp. 439, 466). En passait 
this is a most valuable work for all questions connected with 
Chinese commerce, the history of the treaty ports, etc. t is 
replete with en of all kinds, and is illustrated with 
maps, plans, and diagram 
The growth of the phot industry on the mainland of China 
is shown by the following facts, taken from various China 
Customs’ Yellow-books. From the List of Chinese Medicines 
(Misc. Series, No. 17), which gives details of the trade in drugs of 
all kinds for the year 1885, it appears that camphor was unknown 
as a product of the mainland, except in the single province of 
Chekiang, there being the small export that year from ingpo of 
25 pieuls. Ningpo exported 32 piculs in 1889, 40 piculs in 1890, 
and none since apparently. The Customs’ Trade pei for the 
mphor 
duction in other parts. wloon exported 88 pica in 1888, 
106 piculs in 1892, 87 picals in 1883. This was conveyed in 
junks, and its provenance is doubtful, but it was perhaps from 
the province of mr Ca vases exported 122 piculs in 1893, 
37 pieuls in 1894, and 237 piculs in 1895. This is Kwangsi 
camphor. The Pakhoi Trade Renae? for 1894 states that the first 
record of the article was in 1892; in 1893 the export was 
23 piculs, _— increased to 128 piculs in 1894, and “it comes 
from Lu-chuan, near Yu-linchou, and is likely to grow in 
importance, as plantations in that and other places in the neigh- 
bourhood are coming to the be earing age." In the Pakhoi Trade 
Report for 1895, the export is given as 596 piculs, and the writer 
says that this gratifyi ing increase is due to the extended cultiva- 
tion in Kwangsi. In Formosa on nly old and enormous camphor 
trees are utilised, and I am lag to doubt of the existence of 
camphor plantations in Kwangsi ; the camphor produced is more 
likely to be from old forest trees. The Chinese, at any rate, did 
not plant any trees with a view to the manufacture of camphor. 
In 1895 the exports of camphor from different Chinese ports 
were :—Foochow, 187 piculs ; an piculs; Canton, 237 piculs: 
Kowloon, 63 pieuls, and Pakhoi, 596 pieuls. In the Fukien 
province there are large forests, aid cbe trees abound. Some 
years ago a party of Japanese went into the interior of Fukien to 
manufacture camphor, but nothing came of this attempt. e 
Foochow export is probably the product 7 this province, but that 
of Amoy is doubtful, asit may be Formosan camphor smuggled 
over to the mainland in junks. The export "of the other three ports is 
produced in the Kwangsi province, and this will pro robably grow 
into large figures if camphor continues hih enough in price to 
encourage the Chinese in its manufactu 
To sum up, the production of cc on the mainland of 22 
China is an affair of the last few years. It began in Chekiang, 
but has practically ceased in that province. In Kwangsi it com — 
 menced a short time ago, and p develop into imp 
The Fukien product is only trifling £ so far. b 
