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1) Comp. the accompanying map.
Owing to the importance of both articles to the several branches of industry, the statistical material covering the production and export of camphor and camphor oil is considerable. However, there are contradictions between the official data supplied by the Japanese, who evidently have no desire to show their hand, and the reports of various European representatives (consuls and experts). In the following tables there will be found the principal data concerning production and export of both articles from the several districts of production.
Japan proper (excl. of Formosa) | From oil (in Kobe). | |
1900 | 2190175 lbs.1) | - |
1901 | 2669272 „ | 1635257 lbs.1) |
1902 | 3396908 „ | 1513795 „ |
1903 | 2948585 „ | 1613851 „ |
1904 | 900000 „ | 1979137 „ |
1905 | 1226607 „ | |
1906 | 687300 kg.2) | |
1907 | 733537 „ | 9156 Piculs3) 7000 Piculs4) |
1908 | 951454 „ | 12009 „ 8000 „ |
1909 | 1 354455 Kin with a value of 798489 Yen5) | 11504 „ 8000 „ |
1910 | 10000 „ | |
1911 | 11000 „ |
1) Zeitschr. f. angew. Chem. 19 (1906), 261; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1906, 13.
2) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1910, Mo. 28; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1910, 22.
3) Deutsches Hand. Arch. February 1911, 137; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1911, 32.
4) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1912, No. 73, 6; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1912, 26.
5) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 9 (1909); Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1912, 33. - 1 Picul = 100 Kin = 60,4 kg.
Formosa.
Production Of Camphor. (Continuation).
1896 | - | 1904 3540953 Kin1) | 4519923 lbs.2) | |
1897 | 1534596 Kin') | 1905 2865117 „ | 4800000 „ | |
1898 | 2064406 „ | 1906 3252408 „ | 4040838 „ 3) | |
1899 | 1819227 „ | 1907 3914598 „4) | 5388918 „ | |
1900 | 3479179 „ | 4511184 lbs.2) | 1908 3834970 „ | |
1901 | 3667887 „ | 4725348 „ | 1909 3537712 „ | |
1902 | 3148742 „ | 3676060 „ | 1910 4864704 „ | |
1903 | 3595814 „ | 4071628 „ | <All 3 grades> (A, BB, B). | |
1907 | 2847251 kg.5) | 35000 Piculs6) 46675 Piculs7) | ||
1908 | 3603027 „ | 35000 „ | 47948 „ | |
1909 | 35000 „ | 60349 | ||
1910 | 53000 „ | |||
1911 | 45000 „ |
China.
1904 2219 Piculs")
1905 5363 „
1907 27198 „ valued at 2168047 Haikwan Taels")
1908 15246 „ „ „ 1005297
1) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 6 (1906); Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 17; Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 10 (1910).
2) Zeitschr. f. angew. Chem. 19 (1906), 261; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1906, 13.
3) Board of Trade Journal 4. VI. 1908; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1908, 31.
4) Diplomatic and Consular Reports No. 4768, August 1911; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1912, 34.
5) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1910, No. 28; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1910, 22.
6) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1912, No. 73, 6; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1912, 26.
7) Deutsches Hand. Arch. February 1911, 137; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1911, 32.
8) Oriental Physician and Druggist, Yokohama 1 (1907), No. 16; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1907, 25. - Presumably the figures for 1904/1005 refer to exports.
9) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1910, No. 75, p. 3; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1910, 26. - 1 Haikwan Tael = (1907) 3,33 M, (1908) 2,74 M, (1909) 2,66 M, (1910) 2,76 M, (1911) 2,75 M.
Fig. 43.
Production Of Camphor Oil. Japan proper.
1907 9000 Piculs1) | 1910 | 16000 Piculs1) | |||
1908 10000 | " | 1911 | 18000 | ,, | |
1909 11000 | " | ||||
Formosa. | |||||
1896 - | 1904 | 2805809 Kin2) | |||
1897 683603 Kin1) | 1905 | 2373788 | ,, | ||
1898 1120979 | ii | 1906 | 2986023 | " | |
1899 1369887 | ,, | 1907 | 4180894 | ,, | 41000 Piculs1) |
1900 2632108 | ,, | 1908 | 4446823 | " | 44000 „ |
1901 2587186 | ,, | 1909 | 38000 „ | ||
1902 2388135 | ,, | 1910 | 58000 „ | ||
1903 2678794 | ,, | 1911 | 56000 „ |
Japan (total).
1894 68360 To3) valued at 23015 Yen4)
1895 82687 „ | „ 40923 | ,, | |
1896 89417 „ | „ 93483 | ,, | |
1897 175166 „ | ,,181535 | ,, | |
1898 103686 „ | „ 82450 | ,, | |
1899 20492 „ | „ 51363 | ,, | |
1900 9797 „ | „ 79612 | ,, | |
1901 42695 „ | „ 195853 | ,, | |
1902 26875 „ | „158052 | ii | |
1903 14496 „ | „129826 | ii | |
1904 714370 „ | „ 202191 | ii | 34346 Piculs5) 3434689 Kin") |
1905 652549 „ | „189729 | ,, | 34175 „ 3417531 „ |
1906 843895 „ 1907 958106 „ | „264836 ,,315885 | ,, ,, | 34833 „ 3484387 „ |
Concerning the production of camphor oil in China no statistics are available.
1) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1912, No. 73, p. 6; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1912, 26.
2) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 6 and 9 (1906 and 1909); Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 17.
3) 1 To = 18,04 Liters.
4) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 6 to 9 (1906 to 1909); Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 17; October 1908, 29; October 1910, 24. The figures for 1894 to 1897 apply to export only since those for production are wanting.
5) Berichte fiber Handel u. Industrie 10 (1907), 605; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1907, 20.
6) Deutsche Japan-Post, Yokohama 5 (1907), 8; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 22.
japan proper. | |||||||
1868 | 468154 Kin valued at 77097 Yen1) | ||||||
1873 | 650969 | ,, | „ 88721 | " | (Lowest price, 13 Yen per 100 Kin) | ||
1878 | 1567598 | ,, | „ 238166 | " | |||
1883 | 5008413 | ,, | „ 869127 | " | |||
1888 | 6478094 | ,, | „ 1130596 | " | |||
1893 | 3064005 | ,, | „ 1308611 | ,, | 2) | ||
1894 | „ 1023956 | ,, | |||||
1895 | „ 1526832 | ,, | |||||
1896 | „ 1119196 | ,, | |||||
1897 | „ 1318292 | ,, | |||||
1898 | 2608241 | ,, | „ 1174574 | ,, | |||
1899 | „ 1754496 | ,, | |||||
1900 | „ 3070701 | ,, | 3) | ||||
1901 | 4165757 | ,, | „ 3904974 | ,, | |||
1902 | 3953211 | ,, | „ 3404833 | ,, | |||
1903 | 3985360 | ,, | „ 3537844 | ,, | |||
1904 | 3140800 | ,, | „ 3168197 | ,, | 31418 Piculs3) | ||
1905 | 2284794 | ,, | „ 2566233 | ,, | 22847 „ | ||
1906 | 2656581 | ,, | „ 3632785 | ,, | 26565 „ | ||
1907 | 3057657 | ,, | „ 5026858 | ,, | 30577 „ 4) | ||
1908 | 1807565 | ,, | „ 2063410 | ,, | 18075 „ | ||
1909 | 4050700 | ,, | „ 3469368 | ,, | 40507 „ | ||
1910 | 2964369 | ,, | 5) | 32751 | |||
1911 | 34410 „ |
Formosa. Export to japan and foreign countries.
1899 valued at 1935001 Yen6) 1903 valued at 3537844 Yen0)
1902 „ „ 3718549 „ 1904 „ „ 3057293 „
1) Toyo Keisai; Chemist and Druggist 73 (1908), 560; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1908, 32.
2) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 8 (1908); Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1908, 30.
3) Deutsche Japan-Post, Yokohama, 5 (1907), 8; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 22. - Berichte uber Handel u. Industrie 10 (1907), 605; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1907, 22. - Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1909, No. 46, p. 3; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1909, 30. - Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan, 9 (1909); Report of Schimmel &Co. October 1910,25. - Deutsches Hand. Arch., February 1911; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1911,32.
1) Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1912, No. 73, p. 6; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1912, 26.
5) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan 11 (1911); Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1912, 34.
6) Financial and Economic Year Book of Japan 6 (1906); Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 17. - Deutsches Hand. Arch. Jan. 1907, Part II, 35; Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1907, 17. - Nachrichten f. Handel u. Industrie 1909, No. 46, p. 3; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1909, 30.
Export Of Camphor. (Continuation.) | ||||||
1905 | 2923117 | Kin | valued | at | 2683523 | Yen |
1906 | 2789394 | 2822871 | ||||
1907 | 3090950 | ft | ,, | ,, | 3567449 | ,, |
1908 | 2073550 | ,, | ,, | ,, | 2218706 | ,, |
1909 | 4366783 | lbs. | ,, | ,, | 302600 | £1) |
1910 | 6486272 | " | ,, | ,, | 404112 | ,, |
1911 | 5613718 | ,, | ,, | ,, | 354165 | ,, 2) |
Export to Japan. | ||
1907 | 8261 | Piculs3) |
1908 | 4025 | ,, |
1909 | - | ,, |
1910 | 263 | ,, |
1911 | 45 | ,, |
1904 24034 Piculs valued at 2199320 Yen4)
1905 22430 „ „ „ 2052933 „
1906 21774 „ „ „ 2222729 „
1907 22648 „6); 4121566 lbs.7)= 2619143 Yen5)
1908 16710 „ ; - =1710493 „
1909 50030 „ valued at 4377818 Yen
1910 48384 „ „ „ 4932750 „
1911 42058 „ ; 5607766 lbs. valued at 353536 L2)
Exports of crude camphor from Formosa3).
1906 | 4060881 | Kin | valued | at | 4086004 | Yen |
1907 | 5349250 | ,, | ,, | ,, | 6247915 | ,, |
1908 | 3061136 | ,, | ,, | ,, | 3321034 | ,, |
1909 | 8107550 | ,, | ,, | ,, | 7115234 | ,, |
1) Diplomatic and Consular Reports No. 4768 and 4769, August 1911; Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1911, 25.
2) Diplomatic and Consular Reports No. 4996, September 1912. - Of the exports of 1911 by far the largest part, viz., 2374666 lbs., was shipped to Germany.
 
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