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(10) Labour. 
Cooly labour is not available in large quantities, and will certainly 
have to be imported from the coast villages. The usual wages for men 
is 4 to 6 annas per day, according to the season. Skilled labour, such as 
carpenters and masons, is available from Tellicherry, failing which it 
could be procured from Mangalore or Calicut. The supply of carts is 
also insufficient and will have to be augmented by supplies from other 
parts. 
(11) Firewood. 
Firewood is available in considerable quantities from the neghbour- 
ing forests and possibly from the Ghat forests above the bamboo area, 
though the labour to collect it and the carts with which to transport it 
to the mill will not be sufficient unless more are introduced into the 
district. Coal is available on the railway, though its price is high, 
the area being far from the coal-fields. The question of fuel is therefore 
one which will require careful attention. 
(12) Chemicals. 
Shell-lime is procurable on the coast at about 12 annas per cwt. 
The other chemicals can be imported cheaply by sea or failing that line 
of supply in the monsoon, they can be railed to Tellicherry and carted 
to the mill, a distance of 8 miles. 
(13) Miscellaneous facts. 
The site selected for the factory is not unhealthy. The difficulty does 
not appear to lie in this direction but in the labour question, the cost of 
fuel and possibly the water-supply, all of which points will require 
careful consideration before coming to any decision as to the advisability 
of erecting a pulp-mill in this locality. 
Area No. III. (See portions marked F on the may.) 
The Nilambur and Amarampalam Bamboo areas of the South 
Malabar Forest Division of the Madras Presidency. 
(1) Name and Situation. 
These forests are situated in the Nilambur and Amarampalam Kanges 
of the South Malabar Division, m the open valley formed by the Chaliar 
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