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No. 2. 
MESSRS. CROSS AND BEVAN TO THE SUBRA COMPANY, LTD. 
Laboratory, 4, New Court, Lincoln's Inn, W.C., 
October 21, 1895. 
DEAR SIRS, 
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 9th instant. Each s —— was received sealed. 
The following are the results : 
Weight as received by us, in gramme s 318 319 459 599 
Weight when air-dried 72 68 129 148 
Weight of adhering wood  ... A. ix! 45 2:0 2:0 3 
Neco of eee wood bas gu 14 "6 43 6 
Weight of filasse ON "ew — -— 76 — 
PONO of fila cern se on green ri ribbon — — HO koco 
of filasse on dry ribbon — a 58 — 
Pusbitéee of 6éiNidose d in filasse ... -== — 80 — 
Yours faithfully, 
(Signed) CROSS & BEVAN. 
Messrs. The Subra Fibre Co., Ltd. 
The result of the investigation in regard to Sample 5—mature 
stems with leaves—may be summarized as follows :—The green 
stems with leaves weighed 2,722 grams, and yielded air-dry 
ribbons weighing 129 grams. This is at the rate of 47 per cent. 
The same dry ribbons : 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 per cent. on the wet ribbons. On the other hand the per- 
setttage of filasse Hist is from the green stalks with leaves is 
?'8 per cent. According to this, 100 tons of green stems wit 
leaves (of B. nivea) will yield 4-7 tons of air-dried ribbons, and 
2:8 tons of pure fine filasse, 
While the yield of air-dried ribbons closely agrees with the 
Paris trials, the yield of filasse is nearly double. 
ane following report was made by Messrs. Ide and Christie 
mple of China grass ribbons prepared D by the Subra fei 
aM green stems grown at Kew 
MESSRS. IDE & CHRISTIE TO ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
12, Mark Lane, E.C., 
2 nd October, 1895. 
a — of the 29th instant, with the sampie ^ China 
TS. rib ns, is duly to hand. The latter appear to befairly well 
done, but we notice many bits of the wood still arem to them. 
This should not be, as it is a fatal objection with man 
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