1 1 



offices have to deal with all matters concerning the production, col- 

 lection, sale, and export of camphor and camphor oil, and also with 

 the supervision of the camphor-monopoly. 



In important places, sub-offices have also been established. 



From the same source we quote the following export statistics of 

 camphor : 



1 



1898 



.1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 





Yen*) 



Yen 



Yen 



Yen 



Yen 



Yen 



Yen 



to Australia ... 



5650 



12284 



47 724 



32904 



43067 



50 442 



26272 



,. British America . 



773 



1 421 



6423 



21586, 



20607 



25 592 



28715 



,, British India 



3 8 5°° 



0583 



202 291 



552 399 



507 735 



595 736 



807028 



,, Straits Settlements 



— 



— 



— 





66549 



109874 



36205 



,, China 



1787 



9864 



13896 



64389 



93 5o6 



56282 



5 785 



,, France .... 



1972 



257 



29510 



183722 



33°5o 



360275 



693 569 



., Germany 



45902 



192634 



64117 



532 77 1 



710923 



672 501 



146842 



,, United Kingdom . 



35 568 



29490 



429412 



949 723 



800288 



491047 



79026 



,, Hong Kong . . 



600 164 



939219 



1 017 807 



750603 



3 I 3 7°4 



20490 



87329 



„ United States . . 



292 879 



399226 



1238971 



810420 



811 007 



1 149925 



1254255 



,, other countries 



762 



73517 



20549 



6456 



4 398 



5680 



3*7?- 



Totals 



1023956 



1 754 496 



3070701 



3 9°4 974 



3 404 8 33 



3 537 8 44 



3 168 197 



The year 1904 shows already a considerable falling off in the 

 export 2 ), and this decrease may possibly have become much larger 

 in 1905, if any conclusion can be drawn from the constantly ad- 

 vancing prices. 



In discussing a pamphlet by Davidson 3 ) on the camphor-industry 

 in Formosa, it is stated in the Journal a 1 ' Agriculture tropicale 4 ) that 

 the camphor -trees in Formosa appear to be much richer than those 

 in Japan. In the fertile damp soil of shady valleys, the trees contain 

 less camphor than even on bad soil in open elevated situations. Trees 

 rich in camphor are often found alongside trees with a very low camphor- 

 content. The distribution of the camphor in the branches, trunk, and 

 roots is unequal, and frequently more camphor is found in one par- 

 ticular side of the tree than in the other. Anyone specially interested 

 in this question finds in Davidson's pamphlet information on the 

 content of camphor and camphor oil in the various parts of the tree 

 at different seasons, based on studies by Professor Moriga of Tokyo. 

 The work does not, however, say anything on the cultivation of the 

 camphor -tree. In Ceylon, where the leaves and twigs, gathered in 

 the same way as tea, are distilled, the cultivation of the camphor-tree 

 is said to be carried on extensively, but up to the present no large 

 quantities of camphor have been exported from there. 



*) I Yen = 2/- 



2 ) See also Table on page 13. 



3 ) L'Industrie du camphre a Formose. Imp. F. H. Schneider, Hanoy. 



4 ) Journ. d' Agriculture tropicale 5 (1905), 351. 



