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APPENDIX E. 
Analysis of Canes introduced by the Forest Department, Straits Settlements. 
Cane. 
Name, ... 
Colour, ... 
Appearance and other qualities, 
Seetee. 
Pink and 
green. 
Very finelong 
canes with 
long thick 
joints with 
vivid colours. 
Vulu Vulu. 
Appearance 
of polished 
horn. 
Very soft 
cane having 
long even 
joints. 
Noon Jawa. 
31 ack purple. 
Average | 
evenjointed j 
cane. 
Tamarind. 
Green. 
Do. 
Melicah. 
Light purple. 
Do. 
■ 
Chyasa. 
Purple to 
salmon 
pink. 
Extremely 
hard short- 
jointed 
canes. 
Lamar morte. 
Dark violet 
and yellow. 
Average fair- 
ly soft cane 
rather thin 
joints. 
Horne. 
Purple. 
In appearance 
by far the 
finest. All 
along very 
large and 
thick joints 
and extreme- 
ly soft. 
Davam- 
boota. 
Apple blos- 
som pink 
and green. 
Extremely 
hard short- 
jointed 
canes. 
Green and 
yellow. 
Rhubarb 
pink and 
green. 
Average 
cane. 
Po-a-able. 
Appearance 
of polished 
horn. 
NexttoHorne 
for fine ap- 
pearance; 
longest cane 
with fine thick 
long joints ; 
kind, however, 
very hard. 
Elephant. 
Pink and 
green with 
dark purple 
blotches be- 
low. 
Medium 
length, even- 
jointed canes. 
Woody Fibre, per cent., 
I I.OO% 
- 37 % 
9.12% 
9 - 5 °% 
n.00% 
12.5% 
n- 75 % 
7 - 9 °% 
H- 30 % 
8.50% 
10.15% 
... 
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Appearance, 
Ordinary. 
Ordinary. 
Very dark 
brown, on 
crushing cane 
the rind gives 
pink colour 
off. 
Ordinary. 
Dark brown 
almost as 
much colour- 
ing matter 
given after 
crushing as 
Noon Jawa. 
Ordinary. 
Ordinary. 
Ordinary. 
Ordinary. 
Ordinary. 
Ordinary, 
Ordinary. 
• ^ 
Specific gravity, 
1.0639 
1. 0714 
1.0597 
1.0644 
1.0612 
1. 0616 
1 .0834 
1.0576 
1-0577 
1.0594 
1 .0788 
1 .0645 
« 4 -t 
Banme, ... 
g.o" 
10.0° 
8 - 4 ° 
9 - 0 ° 
8.6° 
8.6° 
1 1 .4° 
8.o° 
8.0° 
8 - 3 ° 
ro.8° 
9 - 0 ° 
*W) 
Total Solids, per cent., 
12.20 
18.04 
15.1 1 
16.20 
15-47 
15-47 
20.61 
14.38 
14.38 
14.92 
1 9 - 5 I 
16.20 
c 
Crystallizable, 
I2 -73 
14.70 
12.00 
11.08 
12.09 
11.65 
• 17-32 
9.94 
9.48 
8.92 
i 6. t 4 
9.82 
< 
Mueryst, 
2.04 
1.84 
2.44 
4-13 
2.39 
2-55 
1.96 
3-77 
4-03 
4-3 1 
2.29 
5-33 
Ash, 
Water and organic matter, 
o-33 
0.21 
0.17 
O.II 
0.12 
0-37 
0.16 
0.15 
0.14 
0-38 
0.14* 
0. 1 1 
84.90 
85-25 
85 39 
84.73 
85.40 
85-50 
80.56 
86.14 
86.35 
86 39 
81.43 
84,74 
Total,... 
100.00 
IOO.CO 
100.00 
100.00 
loo.op 
100.00 
100. 00 
100.00 
100.00 
100,00 
100.00 
100,00 
Total Sugar calculated as cryst, 
14.67 
16.45 
14.32 
14-95 
14.36 
14.07 
19.18 
13-52 
I 3-3 I 
13.01 
18.32 
14.88 
C. CURTIS, 
Assistant Superintendent of Forests, Penang. 
