— 3° — 



The exports in the first quarter of the past 3 years have been 



as follows: — 



Kin Yen 



1907 614000 713826 



1908 3910OO 450935 



1909 1666850 1 481 049 



The exports in 1909 were divided as follows among the various 

 countries concerned: — 





Kin 



Yen 



England 



2 2 1 OOO 



205316 



France 



3860OO 



374998 



United States 



54O75O 



488775 



Germany 



494OOO 



407 800 



British India 



242OO 



4 160 



The exports of camphor from Formosa and from Japan during 

 the. last 4 years are stated as follows in a report 1 ) of the German 

 Consul at Nagasaki: — 



Formosa : Japan 



Kin Yen Kin Yen 



1908 2073550 2218706 1807565 2063410 



1907 3090950 3567449 3057657 5026858 



1906 2789394 2822871 2656581 36327«5 



1905 2923117 2683522 2284794 2566232 



The report 2 ) of the British Consul for North Formosa, referring to 

 the great falling off in the exports, amounting to 33% ^7 weigh.** 

 as compared with the exports in 1 908, observes that it is chiefly due 

 to competition both of the synthetic product and of Chinese camphor; 

 in the case of the latter, in conjunction with the low price of silver. 

 The decrease in the exports of Formosa camphor to Europe, both 

 direct and via Song- Kong, amounts, according to the Biitish Consul 

 to over 40%. 



According to a report by the German Consul in Kobe 3 ) the prices 

 (per 100 kin) which are paid to the producers of crude camphor and 

 camphor oil by the Monopoly Bureaux in Old Japan were reduced 

 on 5 th March last to the following figures: — 



Crude camphor Camphor oil 

 In Kobe ... . . ... . 59 Yen 29.5 Yen 



„ Nagasaki, Kumamoto Kagoshima 



and Fukuoka . . ... . .57 „ 28.5 „ 



J ) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1909, No. 46, p. 3. 

 2 ) Diplomatic and Consular Reports, No. 4240, June 1909. 

 8 ) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1909, Nr. 47, S. 4. 



