— i6 — 



in our hands. Supported by the high prices of turpentine oil, we 

 obtained without difficulty for light oil 160 marks per 100 kilos, and 

 occasionally interested parties, for example in England, were prepared 

 to pay even considerably more. Heavy camphor oil advanced to 

 100 marks per 100 kilos, and in spite of these high quotations we 

 are hardly able to accumulate a stock. 



A review of the movement of the prices of these two articles 

 during the last ten years may not be devoid of interest. 



The prices on March I st were: — 





Light camphor oil 



1907 



160 marks per 100 



1906 



190 



, „ 100 



1905 



170 , 





, 100 



1904 



170 , 





, 100 



1903 



170 , 





, 100 



1902 



170 , 





, 100 



1901 



155 > 





, 100 



1900 



155 > 





, 100 



1899 



140 , 





, 100 



1898 



145 , 





, 100 



kilos 



Heavy camphor oil 

 1907 100 marks per 100 kilos 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



„ 100 



With regard to the production of camphor and camphor oil down 

 to the year 1904, vol. VI. of the Financial and Economic Year 

 Book for 1906, issued by the Imperial Japanese Treasury, gives fresh 

 information which may be a welcome addition to the statistics already 

 available from former years. 



Production of camphor and camphor oil (Japan). 



1906 



45 » 



1905 



40 „ 



1904 



40 „ 



1903 



40 „ 



1902 



40 „ 



1901 



40 „ 



1900 



40 „ 



1899 



38 „ 



1898 



40 „ 





u 



O en 



g O 



1 * 



Workpeople 



Camphor 



Camphor oil 





Year 



It 





 it 



"B 



Measure- 

 ment and 



Value 



Measure- 

 ment and 



Value 



Total 

 value 





£ 



<_£ 



H 



Weight 



1 Weight 

















Kwan 



Yen 



To 



Yen 



Yen 



1895 







— 



— 



— 



358142 



1526831 



82687 



40923 



1567754 



1896 







— 



— 



— 



258826 



I 119 197 



89417 



93 483 



I 212 680 



1897 







— 



— 



— 



4I73I9 



1318292 



175 176 



I8I535 



1499827 



1898 







— 



— 



— 



389444 



I 174577 



IO3686 



82450 



1257027 



1899 



282 



735 



60 



795 



I7I657 



535130 



20492 



51363 



586493 



19OO 



1193 



2181 



S3 



2234 



252021 



I 178924 



9 797 



79612 



1258536 



1901 



932 



1824 



69 



1893 



320 195 



1309375 



42695 



195853 



I 505 228 



1902 



1299 



2335 



96 



2431 



407629 



I 841 910 



26875 



158052 



1999962 



1903 



1219 



1955 



in 



2066 



353 830 



1828953 



14496 



129826 



I958779 



1904 



1717 



3458 



296 



3754 



633 796 



330043 1 



7H370 



202 191 



532 234 



Note. As it is not possible to give the exact production for the years previous 

 to 1898, the figures for those years are given for the quantities exported. 



