National Taiwan Museum - Nanhai Branch. During the Japanese era, the Governor-General of Taiwan mandated the opium monopoly in 1897, and subsequently included camphor (1899), salt (1899), and tobacco. During the Japanese era, the Governor-General of Taiwan mandated the opium monopoly in 1897, and subsequently included camphor (1899), salt (1899), and tobacco (1906), alcohol (1922) and other items into the monopoly business. The "Taipei South Gate Factory of the Monopoly Bureau of the Governor-General of Taiwan" was established in 1899. It was an important production base for manufacturing and testing camphor and opium, the two major monopoly products. In 1901, it was renamed Nanhai Factory, and in 1931, it was renamed Taipei South Gate Factory. It was the only state-run camphor processing plant in Taiwan during the Japanese era. After World War II, this factory was taken over by the government. After the 228 Incident in 1947, Taiwan's monopoly business was reduced to three items: tobacco, alcohol, and camphor. In 1952, this factory was renamed the Taiwan Provincial Camphor Refinery, and in 1956, it was renamed the Taiwan Provincial Camphor Factory. In December 1967, camphor was opened to private enterprise, and this factory ceased operations and was decommissioned. Today, only the goods warehouse (Little White House), the camphor warehouse (Red House), and the 400-stone water tank remain. The current site area is less than one-eighth of that during the Japanese occupation. In 1998, the Nanhai Factory was designated a national historic site by the Ministry of the Interior. Starting in 2004, the National Taiwan Museum, in conjunction with the Capital Cultural Park Project of the Ministry of Culture (formerly the Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan), established the "Taiwan Museum System," integrating urban
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