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“ Bangkok ne Bet to assist this establishment in’ procuring 
“ “ specimens (1) of the raw material in its. several stages ; (2) of.any 
characteristic implements employed in in the manufacture ; ; (3) of 
“ finished samples of the 
“Tt would also be pe a that the collection, if made, should be 
lic 
“secure. Any moderate ee incurred will be defrayed by this 
“ establishment in usual course 
“ W, T. THISELTON-DYER.” 
eons Office, LOth December 1887. 
“ WITH reference to your letter of the ep instant, I var directed ts 
“ the ree of Salisbury ne transmit you a des espatch from 
“ Maj s Chargé d’Affaires at Bang kols forwarding a Aaii of ika 
sf na me uses of Ton Khoi paper 
“Pp, W. CURRIE.” 
“ Bangkok, slg! ober 1887. 
‘In obedience to instructions contained in rdship’s 
“despatch, No. 21, of 29th April 1887, I have ahs ie. Ten to 
“ enclose a report, prepared by Mr. Beckett, Student Interpreter of 
“ this Legation, with regard to the manufacture of paper from the bark 
“ of the tree called ‘Ton Khoi. 
“Under my direction Mr. Beckett has made several visits to a 
“ village where the paper is tacts. and has procured as many 
“as possible of the specimens required by the authorities at Kew 
“ Gardens. 
“These specimens have been placed in two cases addressed to 
ew. 
s E. C. GOULD.” 
“TON KHOI,” ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES. 
oe 
Mr. French, in his commercial report for the year 1885, in e A 
the process of the manufacture of native e paper, writes as follow 
“ Native paper is manufactured out of the bark of a ahe called 
“Ton Khoi.” The process of manufacture is simple. The smaller 
“ branches of the trees are cut, and steeped in water for two or three days. 
“ The bark is then stripped off, and brought in fener and sold to 
“ persons who make the paper. ‘The bunches of bark are put in water 
“ for two or three days by the paper maker, and, havigi beak cleansed 
“ from dirt, are taken out and steamed over a slow fire for two days, a 
“ little clean stone lime being sprinkled through the bark. It is then 
“ steeped in water in earthen jars, and more lime is added. After a 
“few days it is taken out of the jars, and, having been well washed to 
“ free it from the lime, it is beaten with a wooden mallet [for honk 
“ two hours] until it becomes a mass of soft pulp. A frame of netting 
“ about six and a half feet long, and of width varying from eighteen 
“ to five aera is set afloat in water, and the pulp, having first Ape 
“ again mixed up in water, is skilfully poured out o he fram 
“as to = Sadiy distributed over it. The frame is s then lifted ss of 
“ the water, and a small wooden roller is run over the surface of t 
“pulp. By this process the water is squeezed out Ay the pulp par 
