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Common Reed (Phragmites communis, Trin.); two specimens 
of paper in the Museum, one made of reeds grown on the banks 
of the Tay, near Errol, 1876, and the other of reeds grown at 
Keyhaven, near Milford-on-Sea, 1916; but there appears to be no 
published information on this plant as a paper-making material. 
Rice Grass (Spartina T'ownsendii, L.); specimen in the 
Museum of paper made from plants collected at Poole Harbour, 
Nov., 1916. 
An article on this plant, ‘‘Rice Grass in Poole Harbour: 
Possible Use in Paper Making,’’ will be found in Bournemouth 
Visitors’ Directory, 1916. 
Kaoliang (Andropogon Sorghum, var. vulgaris, Hack.: 
Sorghum vulgare, Pers.); specimen of ‘‘ Kaoliang Paper’ in the 
useum from Dairen, Manchuria, received from the Japan- 
British Exhibition, 1910. In reference to this paper, the British 
Acting-Consul at Dairen (see Board of Trade Journal, March 9th, 
1911, p. 531) reports that, ‘‘ owing to the keen demand for the 
kaoliang eane for sundry domestic uses, it is impossible to obtain 
it for paper making in large quantities and at moderate prices, 
and there is consequently little prospect of the development of a 
kaoliang paper making industry in Manchuria. ‘The cost of 
production of kaoliang pulp is slightly less than 5 sen (1jd.) 
per lb.’ This grass is cultivated throughout India, Ceylon, 
and Africa, more particularly in the hotter parts of these 
countries, and in most, probably all, of our tropical Colonies. 
Papyrus (Cyperus Papyrus, L.). According to the Journal of 
the Royal Society of Arts, July 9th, 1915, p. 772, some experi- 
ments were conducted in 1908 at the Wellcome Tropical Research 
Laboratories, Khartoum, with this plant for making pulp, and 
experiments on a larger scale have been carried out by Messrs. 
Tullis, Russell & Co., and by Messrs. Thomas & Green, under the 
auspices of Messrs. Cross & Bevan. The results indicated a 
valuation about equal to Esparto. 
The following are recent publications on the subject :— 
‘* Paper and Paper Materials,’’ in the C ial Products of 
tage s Sir G. Watt, pp. 861 is e Commercial Products 
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