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For the above reasons the high figures relating to the year under 

 review do not warrant the conclusion that there has been an increase in 

 production, in fact they are in the main only the consequences of the 

 severe reductions in price and of the sale of the accumulated stocks 

 which has been made possible by these reductions. In Old Japan the 

 production has even declined in consequence of the lowering, in the 

 year 1909, of the prices paid to the producers. 



With regard to the camphor exported from Old Japan (Kobe), it 

 should be noted that this is not all of Japanese origin, but that it includes, 

 in addition to camphor produced in Japan, considerable quantities of 

 camphor which has been separated out from oil produced in Formosa. 

 The exports of camphor oil from Formosa to Japan in the year under 

 review amounted to 36,394 piculs, from which about 18,000 piculs of 

 camphor were prepared. 



The subjoined table shows the conditions of production during the 

 past few years, i. e. during the administrative and not the calendar years. 



Formosa: 



1. Camphor A 



2. Improved B 



3. Camphor B 



1907 

 Piculs 



." .' ." 17796 

 . . . 28879 



1908 



Piculs 



314 



31040 



16594 



1909 

 Piculs 



31007 

 29342 



Japan: 



1. Improved B 



2. Camphor B 



Total 46675 



. . . 4818 

 . . . 4338 



47948 



6552 

 5457 



60349 



8139 

 3455 



Total 9156 



12009 



11504 



59957 



71943 



is crude camphor which has 

 pressed BB and is only pre- 



Grand total 55831 



B is crude camphor; improved B (BB) 

 been purified to 97°/o by distillation. A is 

 pared in Formosa. 



The estimated production during the administrative year 1910 is for 

 Formosa 58,090 piculs of camphor and 67,300 piculs camphor oil; there- 

 fore, assuming that 30,000 piculs of camphor will be recovered from the 

 oil, the total output of Formosa would amount to 88,000 piculs. 



This estimate is based upon the assumption that the advance in prices 

 which has taken place on the European market since the end of last year, 

 will again induce the producers to prepare sufficient camphor to satisfy 

 the largest possible demand. But whether this high estimate will, in 

 fact, be realised appears for the present all the more doubtful, because in 

 spite of the abundance of camphor forests in the island, a lack of trees 

 is already making itself felt in those districts where order has been esta- 

 blished. So much so, that occasionally it is necessary to distil old branches 

 and roots. In any case, however, the production in Formosa during the 

 administrative year shows an increase over the preceding year, whereas 

 in Japan, in spite of every endeavour, it has been impossible to increase 

 the production to the desired extent, notwithstanding the fact that as the 

 remaining supplies of trees dwindled, the distilling plants were not only 

 frequently removed, but young trees and roots also were worked up. 



As regards the new plantations which are being laid down energetic- 

 ally both in Old Japan and in Formosa, it is to be observed that plants 

 raised from seed cannot be worked up until they are at least 15 years 



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