A üt ibe: but this could be obviated by o ‘the top 
FOE eere despatching itto the paper mills, and if it could be had at 
* the same price with the tops off, I have no hesitation in saying 
“ would be a good and cheap enough fibre for paper-makin ng purposes," 
ies King, in his annual report for 1882-3, summed up its Prospects 
* utilization of bhabur must remain in abeyance. This is only in 
“ with the common experience in the Mofussil, that co mpetition 
i 
o assist us by making experim on paper 
ma isis: Py reported, as the final result of his trials ‘of Bhabur 
Fase i— 
* I believe it will make a fair sheet of paper, much the same as | 
e. Ta in fact, in many respects, as a natural product, it clo 
dt roping, ^iilaitin ing, Maskot, t of tapas: 
'* collecti ection, carriage to port of iius sud , latterly, siting d chat 
a freight to England, &e, i acer from India, with long 
“probably costly inland carriage, with hea Bey freight added, it 
** come into competition with espero is doubtful, and I do not think it 
* would pay to convert it into stock.” 
The prospect of utilizing the grass would be no doubt improved 
could be cultivated. From the followi wing account vli. 2s 
- Boerresen, of Rampore Håt it (printed in the Proce oceedings of the A, 
tur Society = India for October, iur it 
oc Dabo grass yields two crops i 
September, and ihe other at the end of October, 
« without = irri as the rainy 
e might 
