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OCTOBER 1911. 



Camphor Oil. 



Very little that is new has happened 

 in the camphor oil market during ths last 

 few months. As before, the United States 

 have continued to be the principal buyers, and 

 have occasionally been willing to pay prices for 

 which there was really no justification in view 

 of the marked quietness of the camphor market 

 and the falling tendency of turpentine oil. For 

 the moment scarcely any camphor oil is offering 

 but in spite of this fact prices have not become 

 materially firmer. Both in Europe and in the 

 U.S. large supplies of crude oi' are available, 

 and the existence of these afford? some security 

 that for some time to come no surprises are to 

 be feared. Moreover, as stated above, there 

 has been a not inconsiderable reduction in the 

 prices of turpentine oil. Hence it is hardly 

 likely that from this quarter there will be any 

 inducement for an advance of camphor oil, 

 which most frequently serves as a substance for 

 turpentine oil. In spite of this reduction, how- 

 ever, the demand for the various grades of light 

 and heavy camphor oil has continued to be ex- 

 tremely brisk at unchanged prices, which clearly 

 proves that these oils have everywhere become 

 indispensable ; that as compared with the num. 



erous other turpentine oil substitutes, their 

 employment offers certain advantages; and 

 finally that in certain cases camphor oil is to be 

 preferred even to turpentine oil. 



According to a report from the British Consul 

 at Tamsui, which has just been published, the 

 energetic action by the Japanese Government 

 against the savages in the interior of Formosa 

 has had the result of opening up in the north 

 of the island an extensive forest district, 

 rich in camphor trees. Several important 

 native tribes were overthrown at the end 

 of 1910 or have voluntarily surrendered, so that 

 in the course of the present year a new and im- 

 portant region has been made available for 

 Japanese civilisation. The quality of the 

 camphor trees is said to vary considerably in 

 the different districts. The camphor oil which 

 is prepared from the trees in the north are 

 decidedly richer in camphor than those pre- 

 pared from the trees in the south, — hence the 

 opening up of the northern forests is of special 

 importance. The Japanese Government con- 

 tinues to support the planting of new camphor 

 trees by placing trees from the Government 

 schools of Forestry at the disposal of the 

 planters. The distillation of camphor oil from 

 the leaves is still in the experimental stage. As 

 in previous years, the entire production of 

 camphor oil in Formosa was sent to Japan in 

 1910 to be worked up for camphor. 



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