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which the Kabaung and the Swa are the most important for floating 
purposes (see map). Of the 14 reserves, only four are suitable for the 
extraction of bamboos, namely, the Bondaung and Kabaung in the 
south drained by the Kabaung tributary and the East Swa and Saing 
Yane Reserves drained by the Swa. The other reserves are either too 
distant or are drained by rivers in which floating is difficult. 
(ii) Areas to the east of the Sittang river . 
To the east of the main stream are found four reserves of small size; 
moreover, there are extensive areas of unclassed forest containing many 
bamboos. The most important tributary on this side of the river 
is the Thaukyegat, which joins the Sittang near Toungoo. This river 
drains extensive Unreserved Forests. To the north of this river, there 
are six small tributaries in the Toungoo Division, all of which pass 
through Unreserved Forests containing bamboos. 
(2) Description of the forests. 
The four blocks to the west of the river, with which this scheme 
deals, are situated on hilly ground, rising in places to over 1,000 
feet. The northern portion of the Bondoung Reserve is drained by the 
Kabaung, while the southern portion is drained by a small tributary 
down which it would be difficult to float bamboos and so it has been 
excluded from the bamboo-yielding area. 
The Kabaung reserve, which lies to the west of the above reserve, 
is drained down the centre by the river of the same name. It is not 
possible to extract bamboos from the whole reserve, as the Kabaung is a 
rocky stream above its junction with the Kvetsha Chaung. 
Both blocks contain dry to moist deciduous teak, pyinkado and 
bamboo forest, the chief species of bamboo being Bambusa polymorpha 
(Kyathaung), while Cephalostachyum pergracile (Tinwa) also occurs in fair 
quantities, but is still immature having flowered in recent years. The type 
of forest in the two northern blocks, on the Swa River, resembles that in 
the Kabaung Reserve, but is somewhat drier, the East Swa Reserve 
being drained by the main stream and its tributary the Lonyan Chaung, 
while the Saing Yane Reserve is drained by a tributary known as the 
Saing Chaung, which in its upper reaches is not a good floating stream. 
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