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previously recorded. The other species found in these forests is Dendro- 
calamus strictus , a small strong bamboo, the demand for which in the 
market is already equal to, if not greater than, the possible outturn, so 
that from the point of view of pulp-making it may be neglected. There 
exists to the south of the main road, and some three miles from the 
Travellers 9 Bungalow, a bamboo plantation in which several exotics, 
chiefly from Burma, have been introduced and which have done 
remarkably well. The area of the plantation is, however, of insufficient 
size, to be of any real importance, except to demonstrate the possibility 
of cultivating such species in this locality. 
(5) Possible factory site. 
It is not easy to fix on a suitable site for a factory. The best place 
would probably be above the village of Kuttaparamba, in the Edayer 
creek, at a point a little above that at which the tide makes itself felt. 
To ensure a sufficient supply of fresh water for the mill, it would be neces¬ 
sary either to dam the river or prepare storage tanks, otherwise there 
would be insufficient water from February onwards till the monsoon 
sets in. The distance of the proposed site is 12 miles from the centre 
of the bamboo area and 8 from the Railway station of Tellicherry, 
both places being on the Tellicherry-Manantoddy high road, which also 
passes through the bamboo area. The proposed site is by no means an 
ideal one, though the best which could be found. 
(6) Outturn. 
The area from which bamboos can be exploited is small, though this 
defect is in a measure compensated for by the heavy crop. From 
Appendix VI, it will be seen that the average outturn of dry internodes 
is 29,909 lbs. per acre or 133 tons, which gives a gross yield of 39,900 
tons, or by cutting on a five-year rotation a sustained yield of 7,980 tons 
of dry internodes per annum. In the above calculation, only the area 
which is densely covered with bamboos has been taken into account, so 
that the figure of sustained yield, which might be augmented by fellings 
in the other portions of the block, may be taken as a low estimate. 
(7) Lines of export. 
A small river, named the Edayer, which is about 20 yards broad at 
Kanoth, runs down the south boundary of the bamboo area. Along the 
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