Part V.] Pearson: Note on the Utilization of Bamboo. 
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Cost of extracting bamboos in various localities in India and Burma — 
(conoid.) 
Locality. 
Species of bamboo. 
Method of 
extraction. 
Cost of 
extraction 
to mill, 
per 100 
stems. 
Cost of 
landing a 
ton of dry 
internodes 
at a mill. 
Bs. a. p. 
Bs. a. p. 
(6) The Kaladan and 
Lemru Catch¬ 
ment areas in 
Arakan. 
Melocanna bambuso- 
ides. 
Floating 
1 8 0 
21 12 0 
BOMBAY. 
(1) The Gangavalli 
Catchment area 
Bambusa arundinacea 
Ditto 
11 0 0 
9 14 5 
in the West and 
East Kanara 
Forest Divisions. 
By carting 
15 12 0 
13 8 0 
(2) The Kala Nadi 
Catchment area 
in the “West and 
North Kanara 
Forest Divisions. 
Ditto 
Floating . 
10 0 0 
9 0 0 
(3) The Mungod 
Forests, of the 
Ditto 
Carting to Bom- 
anhalli ; 
8 7 0 
8 6 0 
East Kanara 
Forest Divisions. 
to Hubli. 
16 6 9 
13 1 0 
MADRAS. 
(1) The Uppinangadi 
and Puttur bam¬ 
boo areas in 
South Kanara 
Bambusa arundinacea 
Carting and 
floating from 
Uppinangadi ; 
ditto from 
16 6 0 
7 10 6 
Division. 
Puttur. 
23 12 0 
11 13 0 
(2) The Kanotli forest 
of the North 
Malabar Divi¬ 
sion. 
Ditto 
Carting . 
23 0 0 
9 10 6 
(3) The Nilambur 
and Amarampa- 
1am forests of 
the South Mala¬ 
Ditto 
Floating : from 
Nilam bur; 
dittck. from 
Amara m p a- 
10 0 0 
3 11 2 
bar Division. 
1am. 
15 0 0 
5 8 10 
Note.— In the event of it being found possible to pulp both nodes and internodes 
of any of the above species, the cost of landing one ton of dry internodes, as given in 
the last column, would be reduced from anything between 7 per cent, and 15 per cent, 
according to species. 
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