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stems was counted twice over so as to prevent any mistake being 
made. Further, while counting the number of stems in a clump, separate 
records were kept of the number of new and old culms. Another point 
kept in view was to always pick out areas where the growth of the bamboo 
was normal or slightly under normal. The results of these countings 
are given in detail in Appendices I to V. 
Possible outturn from various localities. —These enumerations were 
made together with the weighings of green and dry culms, in order to 
ascertain the average yield per acre of dry internodes, so as to arrive 
at an estimate of the possible annual outturn of raw material in any 
given area. In the following table is given a resume of the possible 
outturn for the various localities, which are described in detail in Part 
IV of this report:— 
Locality. 
Area from 
which bam¬ 
boos can be 
exploited, in 
acres. 
Species. 
Approximate 
yield per acre, 
in tons. 
Approxi¬ 
mate 
annual 
sustained 
yield, 
working - 
on a 5- 
year rota¬ 
tion, in 
tons. 
BURMA. 
(U The Thonze Reserve 
40.037 
Bavibusa poly- 
7-8 
62,417 
of the Tharrawaddy 
Division. 
(2) The Hlaing Yoma and 
Okkan Reserves of 
86,700 
morpha and 
Cepha l o s t a- 
chyum per- 
gracile. 
Ditto 
7-8 
135,305 
the Rangoon Divi¬ 
sion. 
(3) Pyiomana Division. 
271,372 
Ditto 
17-6 
955,029 
(4) The Kabaung, Bond- 
74,570 
Ditto 
17-6 
261,842 
aung, East Swa and 
Saing Yane Reserves 
of the Toungoo Divi¬ 
sion. 
5) The Seik Catchment 
area of the Arakan i 
Division. 
57,600 
Melocanna 
7-1 
58,423* 
bambusoides. 
*Note I —Calculated on a 7-year rotation against 5 years for the other areas. 
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