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(4) Species of bamboos and mode of growth. 
By far the most abundant species of bamboo found in the Toungoo 
forests is Bambusa polymorpha (Kyathaung). It grows here to a large 
size, averaging 49 feet long when cut off at 2" girth at the thin end and 
with a mid-girth of 10-1". Cephalostachyum pergracile (Tinwa) comes 
next in importance after Kyathaung. This species flowered about 1905, 
the old clumps after producing seed died down and at present the 
ground is covered with seedlings which in a few years will produce large 
quantities of bamboos. 
Bambusa Tidda (Thaikwa) and Dendrocalamus strictus (Myinwa) 
occur locally in fair quantities but are not nearly so abundant as the 
first two species mentioned. 
(5) Factory site. • 
The factory site is the same as that proposed for the Pyinmana 
scheme, namely Myozo, some 18 miles down the Sittang from Toungoo. 
(See map.) 
(6) Outturn. 
The number of bamboos exploited in 1909-10 from the Deserved and 
Unreserved Forests of the Toungoo Division was as follows :— 
From Unreserved Forests. 
Range. 
Locality. 
Number. 
Rate. 
Amount. 
Rs. 
a. 
P- 
Rs. ( 
2. p 
per 100 
Pyunchaung . 
Unreserved . 
200,200' 
0 
5 
0 
625 
10 
0 
Pyu 
Ditto 
258,700 
0 
5 
0 
808 
7 
0 
Yedashe . 
Ditto 
11,200 
0 
5 
0 
35 
0 
0 
Thagaya 
Ditto 
16,800 
0 
5 
0 
52 
8 
0 
Gwethe . 
Ditto 
149,500 
0 
5 
0 
467 
3 
0 
Kabaung 
Ditto 
192,700 
0 
5 
0 
602 
3 
0 
Total Unreserved Forests 
829,100 
2,590 15 
0 
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