100
cocaine can be made by a comparatively simple process.
All the Java coca leaves are at present said to be worked
up in Holland for the manufacture of cocaine.
The statistics of export of coca leaves and cocaine from Peru and Java, so far as they are obtainable,
are given in the following table:
Java.
Peru.
Coca Leaves.
Coca Leaves.
Cocaine.
lb.
Kilos.
1904.
57,032
About 1000metric 1904.
tons of coca
7,527 (6,156
1905.
151,057
leaves are stated
1906. 274,259
1907. 533,765
from Peru at the
1907.
6,057
present time.
to be exported 1906. Lannually
kilós to Germany.)
6,778 (6,313
kilos. to Germany)
5,914 (5,184
kilos. to Germany)
1905.
1908.
1,026,022
The imports of coca leaves from Peru to the United States and to Hamburg in recent years are given
in the following tables:
Imports of Coca Leaves to United States.
Quantity.
lb.
Value (dollars).
1904-5.
342,518
1905-6
2,650,141
488,545
1906-7.
1,515,616
212,424
1907-8
633,121
76,109
Imports
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