

Formosa: 





Quantity 



Value 





piculs 



yen 



904: 



24034 



2 199320 



905- 



22430 



2 05 2 933 



906: 



21774 



2 222 729 



2 1 



Kobe: Total: 



Quantity Value Quantity Value 



piculs yen piculs yen 



3I408 3I68I97 55442 5367517 



22847 2556233 45277 4609166 



26565 3632785 48339 5855514 



Assuming that the home consumption amounts to io°/ , the figures 

 of the last two years show a production, available for export, of 

 fully 50000 piculs. How much of this belongs to Japan itself cannot 

 be determined, as in Kobe, Formosan oil is also worked up for 

 camphor; but in any case the camphor production in Japan has 

 fallen off considerably during the last few years, and may possibly 

 not amount to more than 8000 to 10 000 piculs. Before the For- 

 mosan monopoly was extended to Old Japan, the production increased 

 to about 30000 to 40000 piculs owing to the destructive cutting 

 down of the trees, but it naturally soon diminished. In working up 

 the Formosan camphor oil which was formerly placed on the market 

 at Hongkong but now goes to Kobe — annually about 25000 to 

 26000 piculs — about 50 /o camphor, i8°/ so-called red, and 15% 

 white oil are said to be obtained. Last year the Government pro- 

 hibited the export of the white oil, which is used largely for dis- 

 infecting purposes and as a substitute of turpentine oil; this would 

 explain the falling off in the export figures of camphor oil: — 

 1905 1906 



Quantity Value Quantity Value 



piculs yen piculs yen 



Oil: 12610 216122 7692 132502 



In the camphor- export of Kobe, a portion, about 6000 piculs, of 

 Formosan crude camphor is included; an equally large quantity of 

 crude camphor is sold annually by th& Government to the refineries 

 at Kobe, viz., 



to the refinery Suzuki . \ \. . . 2500 piculs 

 ,, ,, „ Lucas & Co."" 8 ." . . 1000 „ 



„ „ „ Shono Kaisha . . 2000 „ 



„ „ „ Fujigawa (Osaka) . 500 „ 



The attempts of the Government factory to produce safrol have 

 been so unsatisfactory that the production has been given up completely. 

 According to the statistics of the German Empire, Germany comes 

 first among the countries importing camphor, with 1 013 400 kilos, 

 value 4560000 marks in 1904; in 1905 the figures were 890200 kilos, 

 value 5786000 marks. The figures given in the Japanese Custom's 

 returns are incorrect owing to wrong declaration. 



The details on the importation of celluloid, and the proposed 

 erection of celluloid works in Japan, which are also given in the 



