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unforeseen circumstances occur, the prospects of a better supply of 

 crude camphor are by no means hopeful. 



The above information may be supplemented by means of a report 

 on the same subject in the Zeitschrift fur a?igewandte Chemie. 1 ) 

 According to this, the total production and export of crude camphor 

 during the last five years was as follows: — 



Year 



Production 

 in Formosa 



Production 

 in Japan 



Manufacture 

 at Kobe from 

 camphor oil 



Total 

 production 



Total 

 export 



1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



pounds 

 4511 184 

 4725348 

 3676060 

 4O7I 628 

 4519923 



pounds 

 2I90I75 

 2669292 

 3396908 

 2948585 

 9OOOOO 



pounds 



1635257 

 1513795 

 1613851 



1979137 



pounds 



6701359 

 9029897 

 8586763 

 9354064 

 7399060 



pounds 

 646922O 

 6717319 

 9328399 

 8965568 

 7372343 



It is said that the Government now place three kinds of camphor 

 on the market: „A", refined camphor; „BB", containing about 97%; 

 and „B", about 95 per cent. To „A" belong about 6 °/o OI * tne 

 export, and of the balance the „BB a quality slightly exceeds the 

 „B". The American market is supplied almost exclusively with „B" 

 quality. In order to carry out the division of the stocks in hand 

 at the different markets without partiality, the Government endeavours 

 to allot the shipments to the individual countries according to their 

 participation in the exports at the time when the Monopoly was 

 established; this comes approximately as follows: Germany 37°/ , 

 America 33%, France 15%, the United Kingdom io°/ and 

 India 5%- 



Cananga Oil 2 ). We have to record large sales in this oil. There 

 are constantly direct shipments from Java on the way for us. At 

 the present low prices this article is entitled to special attention. 



Caraway Oil. The prices of caraway have on the whole 

 suffered but slight fluctuations, so that there have been no grounds 

 for any alteration in the prices of the oil. 



It is a matter of importance for the industry which is here so 

 highly developed, that our efforts to obtain freedom from duty for 

 all so-called spice-seeds used for the distillation of essential oils, have 

 at last been crowned with success. In connection therewith, the duty- 

 free use of the residual seed for cattle -food has also been granted, 

 and for this reason we may consider all danger past that our in- 



*) Zeitschr. f. angew. Chem. 19 (1906), 261. 



2 ) Report April/May 1905, p. 19: read cocoa nut oil instead of "cocoa butter". 



