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nodes. The stems thus flattened are passed through 

 a second series of rolls, which are channelled or 

 grooved, in order further to split, or partially divide, 

 them longitudinally into strips or ribbons ; these 

 being cut transversely into convenient lengths, by a 

 guillotine knife or shears, are delivered by a carrier 

 or automatic feeder direct to the boiling pans or 

 elsewhere as desired." Then at page 14, he goes on 

 to say : " I have now only further to remark that the 

 plant required to manufacture paper-stock from bam- 

 boo on an economical and practical working scale 

 would consist of a battery of boiling pans, with the 

 other necessary adjuncts and machinery, steam- 

 engines and steam-boilers, such plant being on a 

 scale adequate to the manufacture of 100 tons Bam- 

 boo weekly, producing therefrom say 60 tons of 

 merchantable paper-stock." 



15. For ready reference, I will now contrast in a 



Mr. Routiedge-s esti- condensed form Mr. Routledge's esti- 

 mate of cost by his 



mate of cost for carrying out his sys- 

 tem, with my computation of the probable expenditure 

 that would have to be incurred. Mr. Eoutledge 

 gives 10 as the cost of cultivating one acre of bam- 

 boo, which is to yield 40 tons of green stems delivered 

 at the central factory at the rate of 5s. per ton ; these 

 40 tons to yield six tons of paper-stock. 



16. Now, according to my estimate, in which I 

 The Author's es- have not included land rent, artificial 



timate of cost by 



8 ^stem. outledge ' s irrigation, cutting, delivery at the central 

 factory, charge for supervision, value of machinery 

 and its indispensable adjuncts, but which only 



