122 EDITORIAL. 
the difficulty of the Tama River by a short Lidgerwood serial 
cable to the branch of the tramway, since the Bacon River can 
only be used as a waterway from kilometer 67 and the Tama 
River from 2 kilometers west of the barrio’ Culis. e 
For the development of block A, no waterway is available, so 
that it will be necessary to construct a tramway to carry the 
bamboo to the mill site. 
The points which unite the best conditions for establishing 
the factory are the barrio Balut situated 3 kilometers north of 
Orani, and a point on the Orani River about 1 kilometer south- 
west of its mouth. Both have river or harbor connection with 
Manila Bay. The water of the former is salty, a disadvantage 
which can be overcome by using condensers. The bamboo can 
be assembled at both points from the basin of the Colo River 
and the Malabo or Balsic River. From either of the two points, 
a tramway can be established to kilometer 58 or 60 of the Patrol 
Trail (10 kilometers long) and from that point it can be made 
to branch off to the areas of bojo. 
An area for reproducing cana bojo can be established by join- 
ing the two areas referred to above with the public lands sit- 
uated north and east of them from kilometer 68, 3.5 kilometers 
in an easterly direction to the intersection of the two roads 
indicated on the map by the number 1; thence 5.5 kilometers in 
a southeasterly direction to kilometer 5 of the Patrol Trail 
from Mabaling to Orani; thence 1.5 kilometers in a southwesterly 
direction to the Orani River and following up the course of the 
river about 2 kilometers to the boundary of block A. 
In all of the traversings made in this area, small areas of 
bojo have been found, especially in the ravines formed by the 
streams, and there are signs that areas which are now covered 
with cogon® and brush were formerly covered with bojo. 
According to the information obtained from Negritos and 
other homesteaders and caingineros® of the region, cana bojo 
can be reproduced in the same way as spiny bamboo;’ that is, by 
cutting from the young cane tubes which comprise two nodes, 
making a cross-cut in the tube and covering it with earth, being 
careful not to cover the cross-cut in order that water and dew 
may get in. The bojo produces seeds which can be collected in 
the dry season. The best time for planting or sowing this 
* Barrio, one of the districts into which a town is divided. 
*Cogon, a large grass, Imperata cylindrica Beauv. 
* Cainginero, one who makes a clearing in the forest for planting. 
* Spiny bamboo, Bambusa blumeana Schultes. 
