CONTENTS 
Pacses. 
Introduction 
1—4 
PART I.—GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT. 
1. History of former enquiries carried out with a view of ascertaining the pos¬ 
sibility of manufacturing paper-pulp from bamboos . . . 5—8 
2. Present condition of the paper-pulp trade in India ..... 8—13 
3. General conditions necessary for the successful establishment of a paper- 
pulp mill ........... 13—14 
PART II.—BAMBOOS, THEIR MODE OF GROWTH AND 
POSSIBLE OUTTURN. 
1. Species of bamboos .......... 15—lb 
2. Bamboo as a fibre-yielding plant 16 
3. Mode of growth of bamboos ........ 16—21 
4. Effect of cutting bamboos on the growth of the clump .... 21—23 
5. Flowering of bamboos ......... 23—25 
6. Felling of bamboos .......... 25—27 
7. Size and weight of bamboos ........ 27 
8. Cost of extraction .......... 28—30 
9. Outturn .30—32 
PART III.—THE COST OF MANUFACTURING BAMBOO 
PAPER-PULP. 
1. General remarks .......... 33 
2. Various processes by which the raw material may be converted into pulp . 34 
3. Species of bamboos for paper-making ....... 34 
4. Preparation of the bamboo before treatment ...... 34—36 
5. Results of boiling bamboos on a commercial scale ..... 36—37 
6. Cost of manufacturing one ton of air-dried unbleached pulp . . . 37—39 
PART IV.—DETAILED REPORTS ON THE VARIOUS 
BAMBOO AREAS IN BURMA AND INDIA. 
Possible Sites for Bamboo Paper-Pulp Mills. 
Burma area No. I.—The Thonze Reserve of the Tharrawaddy Division 
„ „ No. II.—The Hlaing Yoma and Okkan Reserves of the 
Rangoon Division ..... 
„ „ No. III.—Pyinmana Division ..... 
, „ No. IV.—Toungoo Division ..... 
„ „ No. V.—Arakan Division ...... 
40—46 
46-53 
53—59 
59—66 
66—75 
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