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The camphor oil is all sent to the refineries in Japan, where 

 about 49% °f camphor is extracted from it. 



A sketch-map accompanied this despatch, showing the Formosa 

 districts mentioned herein. 



Extract from "Nichi Nichi Shimpo" (Formosa Daily News). 



Hitherto, with the exception of what comes from distant places, 

 like Taito and Kagi, the Government have bought camphor and 

 camphor oil at the same price, although from different places, with 

 the result that producers have gained or lost according to the circum- 

 stances and locality of production and in some districts the camphor 

 worker has obtained practically no profits at all. 



The Government therefore have now taken this matter into consi- 

 deration and have decided to alter the purchase-price in accordance 

 with the conditions prevailing in each one of the various producing 

 districts throughout the Island; this has resulted in an increase all 

 round on previous prices, and the following table shows the increase 

 in the present compared with the former prices for camphor and 

 camphor oil. 



Delivered at Taihoku per picul (iSS 1 /^ lbs.). 



Camphor 

 same for ist, 2nd anc l 



3rd grades 



Camphor oil 



Gilan increase of yen = 



(2M1 



)34Q 



Increase 



of 



yen . 



1,60 



Shinko 



(1 part) „ 





0,90 



3 





■>•> 



j? 



. 0,20 



>> 



other part „ 





2,70 



3 



> 



y> 



?? 



1,10 



Toyen 



(1 part) „ 





0,50 



No 



alteration. 





>7 



other part „ 





3,io 



Increase 



of 



yen . 



. 1,20 



Shinchiku „ 





6,60 





j 



)> 



}> 



. . 3,10 



Byoritsi 



a 





2,30 





j 



>> 



» 



. . 0,90 



Taichu 



(1 part) „ 





3>i° 





1 



J) 



)j 



. . 1,20 



jj 



other part „ 





1,60 





j 



?) 



i) 



. . 0,60 



Nauto 



„ 





1,60 





j 



11 



jj 



. . 0,60 



Toroku 



(1 part) „ 





1,20 





» 



?? 



j> 



. . 0,30 



V) 



other part „ 





1,50 





>y 



J) 



57 



. • 0,50 



Kagi 



;? 





4>5o 





y 



;? 



j? 



. . 2,00 



Taito 



>> 





1,20 





n 



)7 



j> 



. . 0,40 



The largest increase amongst the above is that for Shinchiku, which 

 shows camphor (yen) 6,60 and camphor oil (yen) 3,10, the difference 

 in the increase for several districts varies in accordance with the rich- 

 ness of the material, the cost of transport, the accessibility of the 



