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(34821 kilos) in the year 1911. Of this quantity 559 piculs (60453 kilos) 

 were shipped from the port of Foochow and 17 piculs from that of Amoy. 

 The destination of the whole of the exports was Hong Kong 1 ). 



Numerous enquiries on the part of planters have induced the Government 

 of the Federated Malay States to publish a treatise by B.J.Eaton 2 ) on 

 the cultivation and preparation of camphor. The author describes the 

 different varieties of camphor, including ordinary camphor from Cinnamomum 

 Camphora, Borneo camphor from Dryobalanops aromatica and Ngai camphor 

 from Blumea balsamifera. He next deals with the geographical distribution 

 of the camphor tree and its cultivation in foreign countries and gives a 

 few statistical data on the exports of camphor from China and Japan. 



The first experiments in the cultivation of the camphor tree in the 

 Malay States were made in the year 1904 at Batu-Tiga, Selangor, seed 

 having been obtained from Yokohama for the purpose. The plants flourished 

 excellently and in 1909 the first camphor was distilled. The raw material 

 consisted of shoots from 5 year old trees and the result of the experiment 

 is shown below: — 



Yield 

 Material calc. based upon original 



material 



Cut leaves 1,17 to 1,22 p. c. 



Small stems 0,06 „ 0,45 „ 



Mouldy leaves 1,25 „ 1,47 „ 



Leaves and stems ........ 1,25 „ 1,58 „ 



Air-dried leaves 1,10 „ 1,16 „ 



„ mouldy leaves .... 1,54 p. c. 



In each case the distillate consisted of camphor with very little oil. 



These experiments were repeated upon a large scale with a larger 

 distilling apparatus. The raw material consisted of the parts of an entire 

 5 year old tree. 



Material Yield p. c. 



Leaves 1,00 



Stems under V 2 inch diameter ...... 0,22 



Woody stems over x / 2 mcn diameter . . 0,61 



Roots . . . 1,10 



The distillates consisted principally of camphor; the roots alone yielded ^ 

 an oil, which possessed an odour reminding at the same time of camphor 

 and of lemons. Afterwards numerous experiments were carried out with 

 various distilling apparatus which had been partly modified. All these 



1 ) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1912, No. 63, p. 3. 



8 ) Camphor from Cinnamomum Camphora (The Japanese camphor tree), cultivation and 

 preparation in the Federated Malay States. Department of Agriculture. Bulletin No. 15. 

 February 1912. 



