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The figures of the production of Formosa agree on the whole 

 with those given in our Report of April 1906: — 



Year Camphor Camphor oil 



kin kin 



1896 — — 



1897 1534596 638603 



1898 2064406 1 120979 



1899 1819227 1369887 



1900 3479179 2362108 



1901 3667887 2587186 



1902 3148742 2388135 



1903 3595813 2678794 



1904 3 540953 2805809 



The export of camphor in the year 1905 to the individual consuming 



countries was as follows: — 



Australia . . . 23917 yen 



British America 20487 „ 



British India 525266 „ 



Straits Settlements 15894 ,, 



China 28985 „ 



France •-. 573*75 „ 



Germany • . . . . 115012 „ 



United Kingdom . 258973 „ 



Hong Kong 11 677 „ 



United States 985484 „ 



Other countries 7363 „ 



Total 2566233 yen 

 Against in 1904 3 168 197 „ 

 and in 1903 3 537^44 » 



The large falling off in the exports during the last two years be- 

 comes all the more apparent, as the market value of the article, on which 

 the above figures are based, has in this period undergone an uninter- 

 rupted and considerable advance. According to a notice of the British 

 Foreign Office (Ann. Series No. 3713), the total production of the 

 Japanese Empire in 1905 was quantitatively as follows: — 



Formosa . . . 4800000 lbs. 

 Japan .... 1226607 „ 

 Total 6026607 lbs. 



Of this, 837333 l° s - were refined at Kobe and Osaka, 400000 lbs. 

 were used up for home consumption, whilst the balance, and also the 

 bulk of the camphor refined in Japan, were exported. 



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