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Remarks. 



It is evident that the fibre of the Nipa palm could be utilised for 

 paper-making, but its value for this purpose could only be decided by 

 trials on a manufacturing scale. It is, however, doubtful whether 

 the fibre could be remuneratively extracted from the petiole and ex- 

 ported to Europe, as the value in the United Kingdom of esparto 

 grass is only about £3. 2s. 6d. per ton (November, 1910.) 



The yield of pulp from the whole petioles is very low, and they 

 would probably not be worth more than 30s. per ton in the United 

 Kingdom. 



If a large and regular supply of this material can be assured it 

 might possibly remunerative to convert the fibre into pulp in the 

 Federated Malay States to be either exported or made into paper for 

 local use. 



THE GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY 



(Sd.) Wyndham R. Dunstan. 



30th November, 1910. 



LIMITED. 



BRITISH CHEMISTS, IPOH. 



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 Solignum 

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Izal 



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