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(6) Outturn. 
A sample plot was taken by Mr. Walker, Divisional Forest Officer, 
Arakan, in which he clear cut exactly one acre of bamboo growth, 
and counted and weighed all the stems. The results of this operation 
are given in Appendix III. As the nodes in this species of bamboo are 
very small, they have not been taken into account as both internode and 
node can be pulped together. The yield, per acre, of dry stems is 16,576 
lbs, the area from which bamboos can be extracted is estimated to be 
57,600 acres, so that the gross yield works out to 426,240 tons. Working 
on a seven-year-rotation we get an annual sustained yield of 60,891* 
tons. 
Though the quantity of bamboos stated above could be exploited 
annually, at present the whole of the bamboo forests are worked over 
by the Taungya cutters who monopolise the whole areas, so that, 
unless these cutters were largely restricted or entirely turned out, 
there would be no place for a mill. The Taungya cultivators leave 
a surplus which would be available for the mill but it would not in 
any way be sufficient to keep it running throughout the year. It 
would, therefore, be imperative for the interested parties to approach 
the Burma Government before prosecuting further enquiries in this 
locality. 
A possible solution to the difficulty would be to employ the 
Quamis who cultivate this area, in cutting and extracting the 
bamboos, though it would have to be borne in mind that they are a hill 
tribe knowing little about contract obligations and therefore could not 
be relied upon, until they had been taught to work more methodically 
than at present. 
(7) Lines of export. 
The Seik Chaung, down which the bamboos can be floated to the falls, 
is 50 yards wide, 30 miles above the proposed mill site, increasing to 
200 yards at the falls. Over the upper 25 miles of its course it is a deep 
channel flowing slowly between steep banks, covered with dense ever¬ 
green forest. These forests are, however, only a fringe along its 
banks, while the hills above are covered from end to end by a dense 
pure crop of bamboos. 
*Note —This is thought to be an extremely conservative figure. 
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