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villages Randai, Gundai, and Tandai to the ground. The savages had 

 fled into the forests, where, as usual, they could not be caught. It 

 is said that the Japanese would best like to smoke out the savages, 

 but this cannot be done, as in such case the valuable camphor forests 

 would also be destroyed. 



A new camphor-producing district in the Japanese sphere of influ- 

 ence has lately been mentioned in a Report of the Imperial German 

 Consul at Seoul, i. e., the island Quelpart, situated in the South of the 

 Korean peninsula, where in 1905 experiments with camphor plantat- 

 ions have been made, which are said to have up to the present given 

 very satisfactory results. 



From a communication in The Chemist and Druggist 1 ) we learn 

 that in the Far East, also outside the Japanese sphere of influence, 

 attempts are made to cultivate camphor trees. A report of the first 

 results worth mentioning originates from the experimental garden at 

 Batu Tiga in Indo-China. The shoots, which were only planted in 

 the year 1904, yielded already after one year 3000 lbs. leaves and 

 branches, from which in the first crop 30 lbs. camphor, of a value of 

 40/-, were obtained. But as experience shows that two or even three 

 crops can be gathered in every year, the favourable result has led to 

 this, that larger areas for new plantations of camphor trees have been 

 taken in contemplation. 



The British Consul at Foochow (China) reports as follows 2 ) on the 

 camphor market of his district. The camphor trade does not on the 

 whole warrant any high expectations, although, as compared with 

 previous years, it shows a steady increase. At the beginning of the year 

 the situation was not unfavourable; on the European markets a strong 

 demand prevailed, and as it was possible to obtain sufficient quantities 

 at advantageous prices, a good profit was realised, the more so, as 

 the prices kept at a high level. The monopoly which had existed 

 for a number of years was abrogated, and the native traders who now 

 took up the camphor production with energy, could be induced to 

 supply goods at sensible prices. In this manner a large number of 

 contracts had already been concluded, when the situation underwent 

 a complete change. Certain districts were by proclamation excluded 

 from the manufacture, and the production of camphor by private 

 individuals was prohibited. All representations in this direction were 

 without avail, and business could only be transacted under the greatest 

 possible difficulties. The price of camphor which in Foochow had 



*) Chemist and Druggist 09 (1906), 379; from the report of Resident-General 

 Taylor for 1905. 



' 2 ) Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter 70 (October 1, [906), 10. 



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