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PULP FROM BANANAS AND PINEAPPLES 



Pulp made from Blady grass, or Lalang: — In Queensland this plant 

 grows wild and produces 4 tons to the acre on good land. Four tons will 

 produce (according to its dryness) 1 1^ to 2 tons of pulp and this is worth £8 

 per ton. 



Triumfetta and Urena Pulp. — The whole plant can be converted into 

 pulp, but if the fibre is taken, the balance can be made into pulp. Three 

 tons will make 1 ton of pulp. 



Sida retusa Pulp. — This makes a very high class paper, suitable for 

 bank notes and legal documents. 



Pulp from Cane Top. — Makes excellent paper, especially blotting-paper. 



Sugar Cane Megass Pulp. — As fuel megass is worth 5s. per ton, but for 

 paper making it fetches about 12s. 6d. to 15s. a ton delivered. 



Banana Pulp. — After fruit-bearing, the whole plant can be manufac- 

 tured into paper pulp. The paper produced is of very high ciuality. It 

 takes 5 tons of banana stems and leaves to make 1 ton of pulp which is worth 

 £10. 



Pulp from pineapples, (which yields i<4 of its green weight of high-class 

 pulp), Hibiseus sp.. Bamboo. 



(Report of International Institute of Agriculture). 



FOREST MANAGEMENT IN FORMOSA 



According to a report of the British consul at Tamsui, special attention 

 has been given of late years by the Government to the intensive manage- 

 ment of the inland forests of the Island of Formosa. 



The wood from the forests of Mount Ari has been largely utilised since 

 1915, when wood from the Arisan forest w^as first exported. About three 

 milliouv cubic feet are obtained annually from this forest. The most re- 

 cent and improved methods are used, and the wood is sent to the Kagi timber- 

 yard in logs. 



The Kagi timber-yard is near the starting point of the Arisan railway, 

 which runs along the mountain side for a distance of 41 miles. Aerial trans- 

 port cables have been fitted up which allow a yield of from 10,008 to 14,400 

 cubic feet per 10 hour day to be attained. 



Two new forests suitable for working have been found in other parts 

 of the island. One of these is in the Taichu prefecture, on the slopes of 

 Mount Hassen, the other is in the Giran prefecture, in the upper reaches of 

 the river Daidakusuike near Mount Sansei. 



Attempts are being made by the forestry department to develop the 

 management of the Formosan forests to a still greater degree. 



According to the latest estimates the area of the Hassen forest is half 

 that of Mount Ari, whereas the forest in the Giran prefecture is Ij.o times 

 as big as that of Arisan. 



The great transport difficulties at Arisan, where a railway had to be 

 built, do not seem to exist for the two new forests. In this case there are 

 w^ater-courses down which the logs can be sent either to the coast or to the 

 railwav. 



REPLACE STEEL WITH WOOD 



Advice has been sent out by the National Chamber of Commerce to 

 manufacturers, builders, and others to substitute wood and other materials 

 for iron and steel when it can be done. The reason assigned for this course, 

 according to The Hardwood Record (Chicago, July 10), is that steel and iron 

 are needed in such large quantities in prosecuting the war that enough to meet 

 the ordinary needs of other business can not be depended upon, but wood is 

 available. The paper just ramed gees on to say: 



'Tt is fortunate that we have our forests. It is a resource which will serve 

 the country well in I his crisis. The need of timber is so great in some of the 



