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preferable that the lead from the forest to the mill and 
from the mill to the sea-port be as short as possible 
though the latter is the more important factor of the two. 
(6) That lime be available at cheap rates and in large quantities. 
(7) That a plentiful supply of fresh water be available. 
(8) That labour in sufficient quantities be forthcoming to carry 
out the work of extraction and to run the mill. 
(9) That the locality be reasonably healthy. 
(10) That the river be not subjected to excessive floods. 
In the above list of. conditions nothing has been said about the sale 
of the manufactured produce, as it stands to reason that, provided a 
fair quality of pulp can be put on the market at a sea-port at a reason¬ 
able cost of production, the only limit to its sale is the economic distance 
to which it can be exported. As an illustration of the above, the following 
case may be quoted. Supposing it is possible to land a certain grade of 
bamboo-pulp in Rangoon at £6 per ton, it might pay to export it to 
Calcutta or Madras, but not to Europe,, or again it might be possible to 
export it to Japan, in competition with European pulps now imported 
into that country. 
From what has been said above, it will be understood that the number 
of localities in India and Burma which fully meet all these conditions must 
necessarily be limited. It is thought that certain places in Lower Burma 
do so, such as areas on the eastern and western slopes of the Pegu 
Yomas, which drain into the Sittang and Rangoon or Myitkara rivers, 
respectively. Again certain localities in Arakan and possibly along the 
Chittagong and Orissa coasts are suitable, and lastly the Malabar Coast, 
with its many perennial streams running down to the sea from the teak 
and bamboo forests of the Western Chats. 
The separate cases which have been drawn up for these various 
localities in India and Burma are given in Part IV of this report, and are 
the result of careful inspections and enquiries made on the spot and based 
on the necessary conditions enumerated in the foregoing paragraphs. 
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