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made it a condition that the Trust shall buy from them 12 000 000 lbs. 

 * of camphor annually. 



According to a British Consular Report 1 ) the Japanese camphor 

 refiners, at the beginning of last year, complained to their Government 

 of being compelled to pay 5.80 yen per 100 kin more their camphor than 

 was charged to their competitors in Europe and America, whereupon the 

 Monopoly Bureau raised the price of the "BB" brand of camphor from 

 £ 7.5/- to £ 7.10/-. The total production of camphor in Japan in the 

 year 1910 remained below the estimated figure of 7706000 lbs.; the ex- 

 periments for preparing camphor from the leaves are as yet (still?) in the 

 initial stage. The forests in Southern Formosa, which have been princi- 

 pally exploited up to the present, yield a product which often contains 

 400 parts of oil to 100 parts of camphor, while the product of the Northern 

 forests, which have recently been secured by force of arms from the 

 attacks of the aborigines, only yields 75 parts of oil to 100 parts of 

 camphor. For this reason it is probable that the year 1911 will already 

 show a considerable increase in the camphor-production of Formosa. 



From the XI th Financial and Economic Year-Book for Japan we quote 

 (through a trade report) the following particulars concerning the production 

 and export of camphor in Japan and Formosa 2 ). 



In Old Japan the output of crude camphor from 1931 distilling-plants 

 amounted to 1354454 kin, representing a value of 798489 yen. The ex- 

 ports in the year 1910 (whether of crude camphor only or of crude camphor 

 and camphor refined in Japan is not clear), represented the following values : — 



To British India . 477649 Yen 



„ France 748626 „ 



„ Germany 322430 „ 



„ United Kingdom 580023 „ 



„ U. S. A ... 691 029 „ 



„ Other countries . 144612 „ 



2964369 Yen 



In connection with the above it should be stated that the great fluc- 

 tuations in the exports to France, Germany and the United Kingdom are 

 explained by the fact that the individual cargoes are usually shipped 

 under option London, Havre, or Hamburg, and that in every case the first 

 ^ort touched by the steamer carrying the freight is regarded as the place 

 of export for statistical purposes. 



The production of camphor in Formosa has remained fairly stable in 

 recent years, whereas the value of the exports shows considerable fluc- 

 tuations: — 



') Chem. Zeitschr. 11 (1912), 5; also comp. Report October 1911, 25. 

 2 ) Comp. our previous communications, Report April 1911, 32 e. s. 



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