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1907, and in all probability these figures 

 will be maintained this year, the endea- 

 vour, as already stated, being to keep 

 the supply just equal to the demand, 

 without any over-production. It appears 

 that the aborigines in Formosa have not 

 yet been entirely subjugated, but last 

 year quite a large area of camphor-trees 

 was wrested from them. Isolated 

 attacks on the camphor-distillers are of 

 common occurrence and will probably 

 always happen. The replanting of 

 camphor-trees is steadily taking place in 

 Formosa, andMr. Masuzawa stated that 

 last year over one million trees were 

 planted out. An equal number is to be 



planted this year , the aim of the Govern- 

 ment being to continue the industry 

 indefinitely. 



Mr. Masuzawa has just concluded a 

 tour on the Continent where he visited 

 Paris, Oyonnax, Mannheim, Leipzig, 

 Cologne, Speyer, Hamburg, and other 

 industrial centres, with the object of 

 interviewing the leading buyers, whose 

 purchases will be controlled from London, 

 the only other Monopoly Bureau office 

 being in New York, where Mr. Kintaro 

 Tani is in charge. Mr. Masuzawa is 

 quite satisfied with the results of his 

 labours. — The Chemist and Druggist, No, 

 1, 473, Vol. LXXII, April, 1908, 



