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[April 1907. 



In regard to what we said last week about the manufacture of celluloid in 

 Japan, we now learn from a report of the French Consul at Tokio that the present 

 holders of the camphor monopoly are negotiating to supply camphor to two syndi- 

 cates who contemplate the manufacture of celluloid in that country. The first 

 syndicate is British, with a capital of five million yen, and they propose to establish 

 a factory either at Osaka or Kobe ; the other is a Franco-Austrian syndicate, pro- 

 posing to establish works at Misshima, near Shidyuoka. 



The present position of camphor on the London market is exceedingly strong, 

 as the available stocks are very small. It will be noticed from the drug statistics 

 which we give in th-e Trade Report that there are only 567 packages of crude and 

 refined in stock, compared with 852 packages at the corresponding period of 1905. 

 Moreover, we understand that some 200 packages of this quantity are already sold, 

 but not delivered, thus reducing the balance to about 367 packages. Very little was 

 shipped from Japan during August and September, and a 10-per-cent rise on the 

 already inflated prices is confidently predicated, as the United States have been 

 large buyers on this market. — Chemist and Druggist. 



