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Besides the above localities, certain of the areas contain a type of 
forest known as “ Indaing ” in which bamboos are non-existent, while 
others are covered with bamboos unsuitable for pulping. To arrive at 
the areas, over which Bambusa polymorpha (Kyathaung) and Cephalosta- 
chyurn pergracile (Tinwa) occur, Mr. Leete, the Divisional Forest Officer, 
was consulted and also his Assistants, many of whom have many years’ 
experience of these forests. 
In this way the following figures have been arrived at:— 
Name of Reserve. 
Actual area of 
Reserved 
Forests, 
in acres. 
Area covered by 
exploitable Kyathaung 
and Tinwa bamboos, 
in acres. 
( i ) Toungnye Reserve .... 
69,546 
34,773 
{%%) Ngalaik „ .... 
80,013 
60,009 
(in) Kainis .. .... 
13,341 
10,005 
( iv ) Pozaungdaung „ . . 
51,557 
12,889 
(v) Yanaungmyin „ 
13,078 
6,539 
(vi) Palwe .... 
89,222 
44,611 
(vii) Yonbin „ .... 
78,034 
39,017 
( viii ) Mynbyin .. .... 
127,059 
63,529 
521,850 
271,372 acres 
or 424 sq. miles 
(4) Species of bamboos and mode of growth. 
The species of bamboos which predominate in these forests are 
Bambusa polymorpha (Kyathaung) and Cephalostachyum pergracile 
(Tinwa). Other species occur such as Oxytenanthera albociliata (Wanwe), 
Dendrocalamus strictus (Myin) on the drier ridges, and others, but 
only Kyathaung and Tinwa are taken into consideration for the purposes 
of this scheme. 
The Bambusa polymorpha (Kyathaung) and Cephalostachyum per¬ 
gracile (Tinwa) grow to a large size in these forests, especially the former. 
In order to ascertain the girth, length and weight of culms of these 
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