1904.1905.1906.£££To Germany5,0516,3226,620Belgium3,7303,2653,355France7,9038,9889,324Portuguese East Africa2,2153,9734,658Egypt2,3023,3503,525China (exclusive of Hong-Kong and Macao)3,0963,1153,645Japan (including Formosa)3,3004,6493,382United States50,04350,66852,124Brazil1,8792,2412,292Other Foreign Countries22,00226,08129,214Total to Foreign Countries101,521112,652118,139To Cape of Good Hope14,09414,81514,988Natal8,89711,9137,280British India—Bombay (including Kurachi)24,66524,67228,316Madras4,3335,8516,624Bengal, Eastern Bengal and Assam14,12916,02115,969Burmah3,2993,4004,667Straits Settlements and Dependencies3,5905,0924,798Ceylon and Dependencies12,21011,11812,854Australia—Western Australia1,5491,3941,137South Australia, (including Northern Territory)895644637Victoria11,98913,61412,774New South Wales3,9204,2784,139Queensland9571,0971,108Tasmania482315547New Zealand5,0934,4985,503Canada6,3826,1968,185Other British Possessions11,06910,85513,521Total to British Possessions127,053135,773143,047Total228,574248,425261,186
The following statistics extracted from official consular reports, etc., show the extent of the soap industry in other parts of the world.
United States.—According to theOil, Paint and Drug Reportthe total production of soap in the United States during 1905, exclusive of soap products to the value of $1,437,118 made in establishments engaged primarily in the manufacture of other products, reached a value of $68,274,700, made up in the following manner:—
Quantity.Value.Lbs.$Hard soaps...56,878,486Tallow soap846,753,79832,610,850Olein soap29,363,3761,363,636Foots soap85,000,1333,090,312Toilet soaps, including medicated, shaving, and other special soaps130,225,4179,607,276Powdered soaps, sold as such120,624,9684,358,682All other soaps143,390,9576,097,670Soft soap33,613,416667,064Special soap articles...554,881
France.—This country exported common soap during 1906 to the value of £556,000, or £8,000 more than in 1905.
The chief centre of the soap industry is Marseilles, which, with about fifty soap factories, produces annually some 3,000,000 cwts.
Germanyimported in 1905 soap and perfumery to the value of £3,032, that exported amounting to £15,364.
In Saxony there are eighty soap factories.
Russia.—There are fifty large soap factories in Russia, the annual output from which is about 2,250,000 cwt.
Roumania.—This country possesses about 230 small and eighteen large soap and candle factories, most of which produce only common soap, there being only one firm—in Bucharest—which makes milled soaps.
Denmark.—In this country there are some 200 small soap factories.
Australia.—According to a Board of Trade report, there were ninety-eight soap and candle factories in Australia in 1905, employing 1,568 hands, and producing 495,036 cwt. of soap.
Queensland.—In 1905 this country contained twenty-one soap and candle works, in which 142 hands were employed, and having an output valued at £86,324.
Hong-Kong.—There are about twenty-four soap factories on this island.
Japan.—A Swiss consular report states that in Japan there are now some fifty soap works, producing about 15,000,000 tablets monthly.
Fiji Islands.—These possess only one soap factory, the output from which is 9 cwt. daily.
The following table, compiled from various consular and other official returns, shows the quantity and value of soap imported into different countries and places during the years 1905-7:—
Household.Toilet.Total.Place and Date.Quantity.Value.Quantity.Value.Quantity.Value.Europe—Cyprus, 1905...............£9,983Iceland, 1906...............£6,423Switzerland, 1906............1,702,800 kilos....Turkey............About 1,800,000 lb. per annum...Africa—Algeria, 190613,609 tons£228,640............Cape Colony, 190615,897,800 lb.£145,000427,600 lb..........Gold Coast, 1906...............£23,987Lourenço, Marques, 1906357,638 lb.£4,29336,000 lb.£2,195......Natal, 19064,263,000 lb....9,870 lb..........Orange River Colony, 19062,382,000 lb.£23,0001,748 lb..........Pemba, 1905...............£1,092Rhodesia, 1906257,600 lb....2,909 lb..........Southern Nigeria, 1905...............£11,990Tangier...............£4,554Transvaal, 19064,407,000 lb.£81,000202,200 lb..........Tripoli, 1905...............£6,080Tunis, 1906............1,539 tons£23,727Zanzibar, 1906...............£6,102America—Bahia, 1906............1,031 tons606,046 milreisBrazil, 1906............1,782 tons from U.K....British Guiana, 1906-7...............£13,733Canada, 1906-7...............$600,999Columbia, 1906—Cartagena............65,991 tons...Barranquilla............814,671 lb.$14,712Costa Rica, 1906...............£1,269 from U.K.Ecuador, 1904............759,034 kilos....Granada, 1905...............£3,867Guatemala, 1906...£900............Martinique, 1906693,269 kilos.£6,955............Mexico, 1905-6...£5,982............San Domingo, 1906............754,587 lb....St. Vincent, 1905-6...............£1,375Surinam, 1906...£3,9051,142 tons.........Trinidad, 1906-7...............£29,967United States, 1905...$399,797...$1,071,446...$1,471,243Asia--Ceylon, 1906...............423,700 rupeesChina, 1906...............£216,042Hangchow, 1906...............£5,888India, 1906-7............183,998 cwts.£215,210Kiungchow, 1905...£575............Shanghai, 1905...............£93,256Smyrna, 1906............261 tons...Australasia--Australia, 1906......891,117 lb.£65,840......Fiji, 1906...............£1,760New Zealand, 1905...............£36,843Philippine Islands, 1905...............£9,137
Household.Toilet.TotalPlace and DateQuantity.Value.Quantity.Value.Quantity.ValueEurope--Candia, Crete, 1906............2,200 tons.£34,000Greece...............About 500,000 Fr. per annum.Italy, 19073,992,800 kilos.£95,840............Leghorn, 1906............1,521 tons.£37,065Spain, 19054,750,996 kilos.£98,840............Switzerland, 1906............77,300 kilos....Africa--Cape Colony, 1906200 lb................Natal, 190675,225 lb................Seychelles, 1906............419,329 kilos.129,590 Rs.America--New Orleans, 1906...............£55,534Perambuco, 1906............3,582 tons.1,087,797,150 rei.United States, 190544,110,949 lb.......$1,042,185......Asia--Japan, 1906...............£83,877Smyrna, 1906............322 tons....
FOOTNOTES:[13]Including soap powder and soap stock.[14]Including soap powder and soap stock.
[13]Including soap powder and soap stock.
[13]Including soap powder and soap stock.
[14]Including soap powder and soap stock.
[14]Including soap powder and soap stock.
Tw.B.Density.Tw.B.Density.Tw.B.Density.Tw.B.Density.001.0004426.01.2208844.11.44013157.11.65510.71.0054526.41.2258944.41.44513257.41.66021.41.0104626.91.2309044.81.45013357.71.66532.11.0154727.41.2359145.11.45513457.91.67042.71.0204827.91.2409245.41.46013558.21.67553.41.0254928.41.2459345.81.46513658.41.68064.11.0305028.81.2509446.11.47013758.71.68574.71.0355129.31.2559546.41.47513858.91.69085.41.0405229.71.2609646.81.48013959.21.69596.01.0455330.21.2659747.11.48514059.51.700106.71.0505430.61.2709847.41.49014159.71.705117.41.0555531.11.2759947.81.49514260.01.710128.01.0605631.51.28010048.11.50014360.21.715138.71.0655732.01.28510148.41.50514460.41.720149.41.0705832.41.29010248.71.51014560.61.7251510.01.0755932.81.29510349.01.51514660.91.7301610.61.0806033.31.30010449.41.52014761.11.7351711.21.0856133.71.30510549.71.52514861.41.7401811.91.0906234.21.31010650.01.53014961.61.7451912.41.0956334.61.31510750.31.53515061.81.7502013.01.1006435.01.32010850.61.54015162.11.7552113.61.1056535.41.32510950.91.54515262.31.7602214.21.1106635.81.33011051.21.55015362.51.7652314.91.1156736.21.33511151.51.55515462.81.7702415.41.1206836.61.34011251.81.56015563.01.7752516.01.1256937.01.34511352.11.56515663.21.7802616.51.1307037.41.35011452.41.57015763.51.7852717.11.1357137.81.35511552.71.57515863.71.7902817.71.1407238.21.36011653.01.58015964.01.7952918.31.1457338.61.36511753.31.58516064.21.8003018.81.1507439.01.37011853.61.59016164.41.8053119.31.1557539.41.37511953.91.59516264.61.8103219.81.1607639.81.38012054.11.60016364.81.8153320.31.1657740.11.38512154.41.60516465.01.8203420.91.1707840.51.39012254.71.61016565.21.8253521.41.1757940.81.39512355.01.61516665.51.8303622.01.1808041.21.40012455.21.62016765.71.8353722.51.1858141.61.40512555.51.62516865.91.8403823.01.1908242.01.41012655.81.63016966.11.8453923.51.1958342.31.41512756.01.63517066.31.8504024.01.2008442.71.42012856.31.64017166.51.8554124.51.2058543.11.42512956.61.64517266.71.8604225.01.2108643.41.43013056.91.65017367.01.8654325.51.2158748.81.435
(FromThe Oil and Colour Trades JournalDiary.)
Cent.Fahr.Cent.Fahr.Cent.Fahr.Cent.Fahr.-40-40235.644111.286186.83938.2387.44511387188.63836.4439.246114.888190.43734.654147116.689192.23632.8642.848118.4901943531744.649120.291195.83429.2846.45012292197.63327.4948.251123.893199.43225.6105052125.694201.23123.81151.853127.49520330221258.654129.296204.82920.21355.45513197206.62818.41457.256132.898208.42716.6155957134.699210.22614.81660.858136.410021225131762.659138.2101213.82411.21864.460140102215.6239.41966.261141.8+103+217.4227.6206862143.6104219.2215.82169.863145.41052212042271.664147.2106222.8192.22373.465149107224.6180.42475.266150.8108226.417+1.4257767152.6109228.2163.22678.8+68+154.4+110+2301552780.669156.2111231.8146.82882.470158112283.6138.62984.271159.8113235.41210.4308672161.6114237.21112.23187.873163.41152391014+32+89.674165.2+116+240.8915.83391.475167117242.6817.63493.276168.8118244.4719.4359577170.6119246.2621.23696.878172.41202485233798.679174.2121249.8424.849100.480176+122+251.6326.639102.281177.8123253.4228.44010482179.6124255.2130.241105.883181.412525703242107.684183.2126258.8+133.843109.485185127260.6
(FromSoaps, by G. H. Hurst, published by Scott, Greenwood & Son.)
TABLE OF THE SPECIFIC GRAVITIES OF SOLUTIONS OF CAUSTIC SODA.