. camphor in Japan amounts to. 72 000 picthels nee year. if the produenet do 
cy 80.000 piculs, only 8000 piculs wil be ae for Resa ae On be 
4 ee a foe years ago, that anv aie’ be obtained frotiy the leaves -of tk 
has not been realized, and the yield from young trees has not sufficed. The 
p: the. old trees have already been dug up and used, and every available source has b 
_ taken advantage of. Working in the remoter woods: in still difficult and ¢ ge 
the production of caehhon and the aye econitions. The committee i is” 
none prevent the decay of the camphor industry, which is to be feared in co 
the probable decrease of the production in 1918 by 1000000 lbs.  s 
According to. The Chemical Trade Journal”) the eae productions 
the Monopoly ‘Bureau heuene 10 362 000 ibe 1.4: B a déprcase of 4.989.600 6 
| parison with the previous fiscal year. The Monopoly Bureau was unable to 
Re) all the numerous demands from Europe and America, owing to the | incre ; 
consumption. The 10362000 Ibs. acquired by the Monopoly Bureau were di 
~as follows: 4276 out Ibs. to the pane peed 831 600 Ibs. ‘to the: cellul 
the high freights, whereas, on ae other hand the: foie denied ol ee ‘manuf f c 
of tAYS se buttons and other ; cellatoid: ae eae rose oe ha 191 
ie oe 
le ae 
° 
=> 
ct 
re 
@ 
<= 
= 
o 
oO 
jo) 
= 
et 
ae) 
= 
co 
% 
mt 
i@) 
O 
io) 
>) 
” 
= 
s 
oO 
2. 
= 
co 
DA 
oO 
CO. 
(2) 
= 
2) 
ct 
= 
ea) 
1 
OP 
= 
Le 
re 
o 
Sia 2% 
oo 
rte 
— 
—~ 
me) 
@ 
Lee | 
QO 
@Q 
=} 
ct 
Ze 
oO 
* 
GD 
oO 
QO 
— 
ta) 
oo 
) 
= 
=} 
Yo 
—s 
= © 
~~ 
= 
@ 
“oO 
gS 
Qa 
O- 
2 
oO 
ne) 
bh 
os 
Hess 
Ses 
@ 
Sie 
oN 
a 
i aT he <> 
2, 
oe 4 workmen. biawel gone ea to other industries. at eee 
As per The Board of Trade Journal of 20. VI. 19184, 
China has gone down very much. It was to be feared that in 
ny = Doug 
ey 
4) Roc, f. Hand., Ind. u. Landw. 1918, no. 164, Ps 5. 
me 3) The Japan Chronicle of 13. ML; 
A Ind. u. Landw. 1918, no. 99, Sir. 4. 
