ee ee ee eS ee a ae a ee 
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ribbons prove on examination to be intact, and are, therefore, stripped 
without injury to the filasse. The wood was quite free fro om fibre, and 
on the other hand the ribbons retained only a fractional percentage of 
wood. We, of course, had no opportunity of miking a continuous run 
with a large weight of stems, and can therefore only form an estimate 
of 
i t ourable. 
weak point in construction or E ih calculated to intərfere with 
continuous working and steady efficienc 
Yours faithfully, 
(Signed) CROSS & BEVAN. 
Messrs. The Subra Fibre Co., Ltd. 
No 2. 
MESSRS. CROSS AND BEVAN TO THE SUBRA COMPANY, LTD. 
Laboratory, 4, New Court, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C.. 
DEAR, SIRS, October 21, 1895. : 
WE beg to hand you the further results of our examination of 
the samples of China grass ribbons referred to in your favour of the 
Jth instant. Each sample was received sealed. 
The following are the results :— 
— 1 2. 3 4 
Weight as received by us; in STPS - - - 318 319 459 | 599 
Weight when air-dried - . - - 72 8 129 148 
Weight of adhering a AT 20 20: | 38 
reentage of adhering boats - - - 1'4 6 “43 6 
Weight of filasse - Pana ete — -=-- W 
Percentage of filasse on green ribbons ee — = os e 
Percentage of filasse on dry ri - - - = sani OS — 
Percentage of cellulose in Seige - - - ~ _ aa 8-0 —- 
| 
Yours faithfully, 
(Signed) CROSS & BEVAN. 
Messrs. The Subra Fibre Co., Ltd. 
The result of the investigation in regard to Sample 3—mature stems 
with leaves—may be summarized as follows :—The green stems with 
e same dry 
sibbens yielded filasse weighing 76 grams. This is at the rate of 
58 per cent. on the dry ribbons, and at the rate of 16-5 5 per cênt. on the 
wet ribbons. On the other hand the percentage of filasse obtained from 
s green stalks with e is = 8 per cent. According tó this, 10C 
s of green stems with leaves (of B. nivea) will yield £7 tons of 
stated ribbons, and 2°8 ‘ais “Of pure fine filasse 
the yield of air-dried ribbons ondi agrees with the Paris 
trials, the yield of filasse is nearly double. 
