Dec. 1906.] 



475 



Saps, and Exudations. 



S.R, Co., Ltd. 23 do good darkish scored sheet, 5s. 5|d.; 1 case good palish 



pressed crepe, 5s. 8d.; 2 cases good palish to darkish 

 pressed crepe, 5s. 7-kl.; 1 case darker, 5s. 2d.; 1 case similar, 

 5s.; 2 cases thick dark pressed crepe, 5s. O^d.; 4 cases 

 darker 4s 9*d.; 3 casea darker, 4s. 9|d.; 1 case black, 

 4s. 6|d.; 3 cases thick dark pressed crepe, 4s. 5|d. 



K.P Co., Ltd. 1 do good palish to darkish sheet, 5s. 5^1.; 1 case good large 



palish to darkish biscuits, 5s. 4fd.; 1 case scrappy rejected 

 sheet, 4s, 8] (1.; .5 cases palish to darkish scrap, 4s. ijd.; 3 

 cases good large palish to darkish biscuits, 5s. 5d.; 1 case 

 scrappy rejected sheet, 4s. 8d.*, 1 case good palish pressed 

 scrap, 4s. 6d.; 1 case good palish to darkish pressed scrap, 

 4s, 7d. 



fine small palish sheet, 5s, 3|d, 



P.S.E. (in diamond) 11 

 G.U.L.A. (in dia- 

 mond) 5 



R.R. (S. in dia- 

 (mond 



S.R. (S. in dia- 

 mond) 



Highlands (* 



do 



do fine small palish sheet, 5s. 5|d.; 1 case rejected biscuits, 

 4s. 5d.; 1 case scrappy rejections, 4s. 6d. 



9 do fine small palish sheet, 5s 3|d. 



3 do thick dark rejections, 4s. 3d. 



27 do good palish to darkish scored sheet, 5s. 5|d.; 7 cases good 

 thick palish to darkish crepe, 5s. 3d.; 5 cases good darkish 

 to dark crepe 4s. llfd.; 5 cases darkish crepe, 5s. OJd. 

 Batu Unl'or Estate 9 do good palish to darkish scored sheet, 5s. 6d.; 3 cases darker 



5s. 5fd.; 1 case good palish to darkish thick crepe, 5s. 4|d.; 

 1 case darker, 5s. Okl.; 3 cases darkish crepe, 5s. 0|d. 

 C.M.R.E .Ltd. 11 do fine pale and palish crepe, 5s. 8d.; and 5s. 7|d.; 13 cases 



fine palish to darkish crepe, 5s. 6d.; 10 cases good darkish 

 and dark crepe, 5s. 

 5 do good palish to darkish thick crepe, 5s. 3d.; 11 cases good 

 darkish, crepe, 4s. 10-kl,; 3 cases darkish, 4s. 10jd.; 11 cases 

 good palish to darkish scored sheet, 5s. 6d. 



B.R.R. Co. Ltd. 



The Ceylon Camphor Industry. 



By E. J. Young. 



(A Paper dated June 30th, 1906, read before the Rangala Planters 



Association, Ceylon). 



I gathered the following information on camphor cultivation from several 

 sources :— 



The present price for crude camphor in the London market is 360s. per cwt., 

 and this high price is entirely owing to the late war, and the consequent disturbed 

 state of Foimosa. The price of refined camphor tablets to-day is 4s. per lb. Many 

 think the present price cannot be relied on for any length of time, and it will even- 

 tually return to the normal state of 180s. per cwt. (It has now fallen to 320s. for 

 crude— 1/7/06.) Camphor has been sold as low as 60s. per cwt. (in 1895), In Ceylon, 

 camphor grows best at 3,000 feet and upwards, and takes 4 to 5 years to get into 

 clipping stage. Including all expenses, it costs in Formosa 80s. f.o.b, ; there is no 

 reliable data on this point from Ceylon, however. 



As far as I am aware, Mr. Royden Hughes is the only planter who has grown 

 this produce to a merchantable state in Ceylon ; he informed me that he had last 

 year 10 acres under camphor at a yielding stage, and that the produce from this area 

 for 1905, when shipped, amounted to 1 cwt, and sold privately in Mincing Lane for 

 275s. Mr. Hughes could not say what the probable yield would eventually come to— 

 or the cost f.o.b.— but he was of opinion that 275s. per cwt. would leave a handsome 

 profit, Whilst again, there are others who think this produce is likely to decrease 



