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in his separate report on this subject, have since been carried out by- 
Mr. W. Raitt, a pulp expert, to whom the writer is indebted for 
much help and advice. 
Through the courtesy of Messrs. F. W. Heilgers, Managing Agents to 
the Titaghur Mills, it has been possible to have tests carried out with 
bamboos on a commercial scale, and it is largely due to the interest 
taken by them, especially by Messrs. Bryce, the General Manager of the 
Titaghur Paper Mills, and J. Thomson of that firm and to their report 
on the tests carried out by them that it has been possible to complete 
this enquiry. Acknowledgments are also due to Messrs. Balmer, Lawrie 
& Co., of the Bengal Paper Mills, for allowing the writer to visit their 
mills at Raneegunge and for affording him valuable information as 
to the present position of the pulp industry in India. 
Lastly, the writer has to acknowledge, with thanks, many reports 
from various Forest Officers all over India, many of which contained 
valuable information as to possible outturn of timber and bamboos from 
their divisions, and though much of it does not find a place in this report, 
it is ledgered in the office of the Forest Economist at Dehra Dun and 
it will, without doubt, be of the greatest value later on, should the pulp 
industry develop in India. 
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