August, 1911.] 



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Drugs and Medicinal Plants, 



For the above figures the Imperial 

 Institute is indebted to the Consul- 

 General for Peru in London- According 

 to information supplied by the Secretary 

 to the British Legation at Lima, the 

 total exports of cocaine from Peru 

 amounted to 6,057 kilograms, valued 

 at £66,630 in 1907. According to 

 the Boletin de Ministerio de F omenta, 

 published at Lima, the exports of coca 

 leaves from Peru in 1905 amounted to 

 1,315,825 kilos, valued at £94,958, and in 

 1906 to 2,842,916 kilos, worth £130,325, 

 but these figures are believed to be 

 merely approximations. Later data aie 

 not obtainable. 



The Consul-General for Bolivia, in 

 London states that the total pioducticn 

 of coca leaves per annum, in that 



country, is about 95,000 cwt., but of this 

 only a very small amount is exported. 



Exports of Coca Leaves from Java. 

 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 

 lb. lb. lb lb. lb. 



57,032 151,057 274,259 533,765 1,026,022 



The above figures were compiled for 

 the Imperial Institute from Batavia 

 market reports, by His Majesty's Consul 

 at Batavia. According to the Consul- 

 General for Holland, in London, the 

 total exports from Java and Madura in 

 1908 were 416,612 kilograms, valued at 

 166,645 florins, and of this quantity 

 311,292 kilos went to Holland, 102,320 

 kilos to Germany, and 3,000 kilos to the 

 United Kingdom. 



No cocaine is at present produced in 

 Java. 



Exports of Coca Leaves from Ceylon.* 





To United Kingdom. 



To Germany. 



To Belgium. 



Year. 



Quantity, 

 lb. 



Value. 

 £t. 



Quantity, 

 lb. 



Value. 

 £. 



Quantity, 

 lb. 



Value. 

 £. 



1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 



38,301 

 28.542 

 33,833 

 30,207 



1,534 

 ^57 

 896 

 820 



1,182 

 1,438 

 2,668 

 1,649 



57 

 19 

 36 

 242 



1,136 



22,585 



38 

 422 





To Holland. 



To Switzerland. 



Total. 



Year. 



Quantity Value, 

 lb. £. 



Quantity Value, 

 lb. £. 



Quantity Value, 

 lb. £. 



1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 



4,239 

 3,146 



148 



36 



11,736 

 40,281 

 13,809 



389 

 1,343 

 455 



41,724 

 46,986 

 80,088 

 68,306 



1.669 

 1,348 

 2,315 

 1,940 



The Trade Returns of the United 

 Kingdom do not show imports of coca 

 leaves or cocaine under these headings, 

 but the following figures of imports to 

 the United States and to Hamburg 

 afford some indication of the course of 

 trade in these products. 



Imports of Coca Leaves to United 

 States. 



Quantity. Value, 

 lb. Dollars. 



— 342,518 



2,650,141 488,545 



1,515,616 212,424 



633,121 76,109 



Imports of Medicated Leaves 

 Hamburg from Peru. 



Kilos. 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 



TO 



618,600 

 587,400 

 354,800 



1904- 5 



1905- 6 



1906- 7 



1907- 8 



If the export of coca leaves from Peru 

 may be taken as about 1,000 metric tons 

 per annum, and the exports of cocaine 

 from the same country as about 6,000 

 kilos, then, taking the Java output of 

 coca leaves at the figure for 1908, viz., 

 about 1,000,000 lb., the maximum pos- 

 sible production of cocaine per annum 

 would be from 18,000 to 20,000 kilograms 



* From a Return supplied by the Principal Collector of Customs, Colombo, 

 t The original figures are in rupees; these have been converted at the rate Rs. 15 = £1. 

 X Probably mainly coca leaves ; the figures given for 1906 is quoted in the Hamburg Trade 

 Returns as for coca leaves. 

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