CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 227

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The Royal Goverızart is of opinton that it would be well

miler in the first place whether the boet ons of attainig object in view would not be to establish a syndicato under

Foodive control.

Should any serious objection be raised to this suggestion, Nother lands Govexoment thinks that the limitation of tho odretion of the oooa leaf should be considered; for it is obriona at rostriativo measures would be more effectual if directed

inst raw materials of large bulk and small value than against Gufactured products of small bulk and large valve, which are ten producod by complicated proce8598.

The first necessity will be to determine the area at presont der cultivation, On the basis of data furnished pré nelpally

the League of Nations, the Netherlands Government has compiled

following summary of Coos cultivation.

The World bonsumption of occaino in 1910 has been estimated from 13,000 to 15,000 kilograms (15,000 Kgs. being approximately ual to 500,000 ounces); in the years following 1910 the nsumption would appear to have diminishod,

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Ooca has always been cultivated in Peru and Bolivia, ltivation has also been introduced into Java, Ceylon, and Formosa.

Formosa, the cultivation of ooca is only in its infancy (the

yea undow cultivation is 201 bootares) and in Ceylon it is bons idarable; the only countries which produce large quantities erefore, are Peru, Bolivia and Jaya,

If it is correct that Bolivia does not export either aoca Aves or raw cocaine and if we disregard the outpat of Japan and

lon, it follows that Peru and Java produce the occa leaves which pra the raw material for all the ocoaire manufactured in the world. this unneotion there is an important difference between the two cutries; cocaine can be extracted direct; from the South American

The cultivation of oons in Mungpoo, Jamaica, Zanzibar, the Cameroor Gabin, St. Phone and Brisbane, mentioned by Hartwig in "Die Menschlishon Gemssmittel" and in the Straits Settlemonts 18 purely experimental and has at present no importance in conneti on with th Mection under consideration.