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From an official Japanese publication’) we take the following statistics respecting 
the production in Japan and exportation from that country, of camphor and camphor oil:— 
PRODUCTION OF CAMPHOR AND CAMPHOR OIL IN JAPAN. 
| | CAMPHOR CAMPHOR OIL TOTAL VALUE 
ee eons Kin Yen Kin | Yen lie Yen 
1902 *) 1299 2 549 556 1 841 910 789 453 158 052 1999 962 
1903 1219 2 211 438 1 828 953 432 820 129 826 1958 779 
1904 1717 638 796 330 043 714 370 202 191 932 234 
1905 1564 600 085 329 916 652 556 189 417 519 333 
1906 1617 734 625 436 282 850 464 204 847 701 129 
1907 1618 746 729 474 605 959 316 316 356 790 961 
1908 1793 826 367 517 723 1023 903 333 756 851 479 
1909 1931 832 271 461 218 1143 454 328 741 789 959 
1910 | 2615 1 054 343 587 040 1663 324 477 350 1064 390 
1911 || 2934 1 103 058 615 757 1845 403 929 552 1145 309 
The exports of camphor from Japan in the last 10 years were as follows:— 
Yen Yen Yen Yen 
1902 3404 833 1905 2566 233 1908 2063 410 1911 3143084 
1903 3537 844 1906 30632785 1909 3469 398 1912 2826754 
1907 5026 858 1910 2964 309 
1904 3168 197 
The value of the camphor exported to different countries in the years 1906 to 1912 
inclusive was as follows: — 
CAMPHOR EXPORTS FROM JAPAN. 
1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 
| Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen Yen 
| maaale Wo acania | ey 
Germany . ) | 509 521 | 1301544! 375642) 545583) 322430; 475337) 435949 
British India | 656 835 | 1069 354} 355903} 489321| 477649} 612832) 677624 
France. wet 1 1069641| 604733] 301621| 518516) 748620} 668517); 4300650 
United Kingdom . | 104298| 158651) 147331] 890413} 580023| 592685) 651 086 
U.S. of America . | 1217682/|1689577| 731004| 824646] 691029) 596955| 389986 
Other countries . 74808 | 202999 | 151909|} 191916) 144612| 196758) 241 459 
Total || 3632785 | 5 026 858 | Z 063 410 | 3469 398 | 2 964 369 | 3143 084 | 2826 754 
From p. 189 of the said Year Book we take the following statistics relating to the 
camphor production in Formosa: — 
CAMPHOR CAMPHOR OIL CAMPHOR CAMPHOR OIL 
Kin Kin ‘ Kin Kin 
1902 3148 742 2 388 135 1907 3914598 4180894 
1903 3595 814 2 678 794 1908 3534970 4 446 823 
1904 3 540 953 2 805 809 1909 3537 712 3 870 254 
1905 2805 117 2 373 788 1910 5 360 642 5 858 145 
1906 3252 408 2 986 023 1911 4509 412 5 306 044 
*) Finanz. u. wirtsch. Jahrbuch f. Japan 18 (1913), 73. — %) The figures for the years anterior to 1904 
are those relating to the calendar years, from 1905 inclusive they represent the results of the financial years 
(April 1 — March 31). — *) Finanz. u. wirtsch. Jahrbuch f. Japan 18 (1913), 102. — 4) Ibédem 18 (1913), 106. 
