ON THE ECONOMIC USES OF RAMROOs. 



281 



The prices which M. Garrigues' canes command in commerce 

 are as follows : — 



Bundles of bamboos in the rough, for 



whip handles, without roots 

 Do. prepared for whip handles, with 



roots 



Bundles of bamboo whips, with roots 



Do. do. without do. 



Fishing rods, with the terminal point 

 Tops for fishing rods, according to 



the length 



Bundles of bamboos, for umbrella 



work, in the rough 



Bundles of bamboos, for umbrella 



work, prepared 



Bundles of bamboos with roots, 



prepared 



Alpenstocks, without roots 



Do. with roots 



Ox-goads, mounted with spring prick 

 Long sticks, for removing caterpillars 



from trees 



Extinguishers for churches 



Do. do. gas burners 

 Corner sticks, for rooms and frames 



Goblets and cups 



Napkin rings 



Egg-cups 



Paper cutters 



Shoe -horns 



Tobacco-pipes of bamboo roots 

 Paper made of sheaths and leaves of 



bamboos 



Ink-horns 



Penholders, in the rough 



Bamboo sheaths, for paper making... 

 Canes called " Java," made of Rhizomes 

 Canes called " queues de mulet," mules' 



tails, made of those underground 



rhizomes which are continued above 



ground as oblique culms 



francs cts. 





50-00 



per hundred. 



18-00 



a dozen. 



(50-00 



a dozen. 





a dozen. 



0-050 



per metre. 



30-50 



per hundred. 



10 



per hundred. 



30 



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100 



per hundred. 



18 



a dozen. 



24 



a dozen. 



12-15 



a dozen. 



025 



per metre. 



0-25 



per metre. 



0-30 



per metre. 



0-25 



per metre. 



3-00 



a dozen. 



1-50 



a dozen. 



1-50 



a dozen. 



3-00 



a dozen. 



3-00 



a dozen. 



3 to 10 



fr. each. 



3-00 

 2-00 



no price given, 

 a dozen, 

 a hundred, 

 no price given. 



Prices varying from two 

 to five guineas each, 



Such were the prices realised by this French industry twenty 

 years ago. The great development of steam communication 

 may have made great changes since then. I have made every 

 attempt to get furthur and more accurate information, but for 

 some reason best known to themselves the French will not give 



