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The figures below have been derived from other sources. According 

 to the statistics of the Monopoly Office the exports 1 ) were: — 



Crude Camphor: 



from Old Japan 





from Formosa 



Kin 



Yen 





Kin 



Yen 



766110 



709509 



1906 



4060881 



4086004 



973207 



1398085 



1907 



5349250 



6247915 



417429 



452866 



1908 



3061 136 



3321034 



944832 



756020 



1909 



8107550 



7115234 



Refined Camphor: 



from Old Japan from Formosa 



Kin Yen Kin Yen 



142593 176438 1907 1405671 1292877 2 ) 



170271 162239 1909 1532470 1460151 



According to the estimate of the Monopoly Office 3 ), this year's camphor 

 production amounts to 7 000 000 kin, i. e. about 1 000 000 kin more than 

 the average production during the last years 4 ), of which 6100 000 kin 

 originate from Formosa and 900 000 kin from Old Japan. The total production 

 is said to be about 1 000 000 kin below the world's requirements, a rise 

 in the prices of camphor is therefore looked upon as most likely to take 

 place and a revival of the camphor industry in Southern China as well 

 as of the manufacture of artificial camphor as a possible result. Of the 

 above-mentioned 7 000 000 kin, about 4 000 000 kin will probably be shipped 

 to Europe, 2 500 000 kin to America, whereas the balance will be consumed 

 in Japan. 



The Japanese having of late been very successful in their fights against 

 the savages in the island of Formosa, it is to be hoped that they will 

 succeed in opening up new camphor-forests for the benefit of the industry, 

 thus contributing to fill the world's requirements after all, failing which 

 the outlook for the manufacture of artificial camphor would improve 

 once again. 



According to a Japanese estimate 5 ), the world's requirements for 

 the current year are calculated at 8 1 / 2 million kin. This may just be 

 covered by the available supplies, but may also possibly result in a 

 camphor shortage. In consonance with the above, a representative of 

 the Monopoly Administration 6 ) who has returned from Europe, reports 



*■) Oriental Physician and Druggist, Yokohama, 4 (1910), No. 27, p. 1. 



2 ) In these figures there is clearly a discrepancy between quantity and value, as is shown 

 by a comparison of the price of crude and refined camphor in the other tables. 



3 ) Oriental Physician and Druggist, Yokohama, 4 (1910), No. 32. 

 *) Report April 1910, 23. 



3 ) Oriental Physician and Druggist, Yokohama, 4 (1910), No. 26, p. 1. 



( >) Ibidem No. 31, p. 2. 



