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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £9,983 |
| Iceland, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £6,423 |
| Switzerland, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,702,800 kilos. | ... |
| Turkey | ... | ... | ... | ... | About 1,800,000 lb. per annum | ... |
| Africa— | ||||||
| Algeria, 1906 | 13,609 tons | £228,640 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cape Colony, 1906 | 15,897,800 lb. | £145,000 | 427,600 lb. | ... | ... | ... |
| Gold Coast, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £23,987 |
| Lourenço, Marques, 1906 | 357,638 lb. | £4,293 | 36,000 lb. | £2,195 | ... | ... |
| Natal, 1906 | 4,263,000 lb. | ... | 9,870 lb. | ... | ... | ... |
| Orange River Colony, 1906 | 2,382,000 lb. | £23,000 | 1,748 lb. | ... | ... | ... |
| Pemba, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £1,092 |
| Rhodesia, 1906 | 257,600 lb. | ... | 2,909 lb. | ... | ... | ... |
| Southern Nigeria, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £11,990 |
| Tangier | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £4,554 |
| Transvaal, 1906 | 4,407,000 lb. | £81,000 | 202,200 lb. | ... | ... | ... |
| Tripoli, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £6,080 |
| Tunis, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,539 tons | £23,727 |
| Zanzibar, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £6,102 |
| America— | ||||||
| Bahia, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,031 tons | 606,046 milreis |
| Brazil, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,782 tons from U.K. | ... |
| British Guiana, 1906-7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £13,733 |
| Canada, 1906-7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | $600,999 |
| Columbia, 1906— | ||||||
| Cartagena | ... | ... | ... | ... | 65,991 tons | ... |
| Barranquilla | ... | ... | ... | ... | 814,671 lb. | $14,712 |
| Costa Rica, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £1,269 from U.K. |
| Ecuador, 1904 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 759,034 kilos. | ... |
| Granada, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £3,867 |
| Guatemala, 1906 | ... | £900 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Martinique, 1906 | 693,269 kilos. | £6,955 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mexico, 1905-6 | ... | £5,982 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| San Domingo, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 754,587 lb. | ... |
| St. Vincent, 1905-6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £1,375 |
| Surinam, 1906 | ... | £3,905 | 1,142 tons | ... | ... | ... |
| Trinidad, 1906-7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £29,967 |
| United States, 1905 | ... | $399,797 | ... | $1,071,446 | ... | $1,471,243 |
| Asia-- | ||||||
| Ceylon, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 423,700 rupees |
| China, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £216,042 |
| Hangchow, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £5,888 |
| India, 1906-7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 183,998 cwts. | £215,210 |
| Kiungchow, 1905 | ... | £575 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Shanghai, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £93,256 |
| Smyrna, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 261 tons | ... |
| Australasia-- | ||||||
| Australia, 1906 | ... | ... | 891,117 lb. | £65,840 | ... | ... |
| Fiji, 1906 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £1,760 |
| New Zealand, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £36,843 |
| Philippine Islands, 1905 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £9,137 |