Part V.] Pearson: Note on the Utilization of Bamboo. 
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to lose bis present market for that commodity, and the other is to re¬ 
duce the cost of production of his cheaper grade papers so as to enable 
him to compete successfully against the imported “ News ” and 
Bazar paper. It is hoped that it will be possible to do this with the 
help of bamboo-pulp. 
3. General conditions necessary for the successful 
establishment of a paper-pulp mill. 
The conditions necessary for the successful establishment of a paper- 
pulp mill are manifold, and can only be found in a few localities. Even 
in the most favourable localities some factors of minor importance, 
though none the less necessary, are often absent, so that the best that 
can be done is to choose a locality where the most important conditions 
to ensure success are to be found. 
Conditions necessary for the establishment of a mill .—The most im¬ 
portant conditions necessary may be summarised as follows :— 
(1) That a sustained annual yield of a suitable raw material for 
the manufacture of pulp be available in abundance. 
(2) That the cost of extraction of the same can be kept within 
economic limits for many years to come. For bamboos the 
maximum price is put at Rs. 15 per ton of dry internodes 
landed at the mill, but it should, generally speaking, be 
less. By treating the nodes also, the price can be reduced 
by 7 to 15 per cent., according to species, as that amount of 
waste will be saved by utilizing the nodes. 
(3) That the raw material should have little or no local value or 
should be available in such quantities that the requirements 
of a mill do not interfere with the local demand and prices. 
(4) That the crop from which the raw material is drawn be a close 
grown one, in other words, gregarious, so that the cost of 
collection, and the area over which supervision is necessary, 
be reduced to a minimum. 
(5) That the factory site selected be such that the raw material 
can be floated down stream to the mill door. Further it is 
necessary that there be direct communication by river be¬ 
tween the mill and sea-port in order to import the necessary 
chemicals and coal and export the manufactured pulp. It is 
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