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(4) Species of bamboos and mode of growth. 
The species is the same as elsewhere on the West Coast, being 
Bambusa arundinacea , the culms of which are large and many of which 
go to form a clump. In the first seven blocks mentioned in the above 
list, the bamboo growth is dense, while the forests of the Amarampalam 
Range and the Private Forests to the south of the river, are fairly well 
stocked with bamboos. The palisade of thorny branches, of which 
mention has been made elsewhere, is even heavier round the clumps 
in these forests than is the case in the forests of North Malabar and 
in Kanara. 
(5) Possible factory site . 
The most suitable factory site is probably near the village of Chalia- 
puram, situated on the Chaliar river, 24 miles from the sea, and above 
tidal level. The longest line, along which floating from the reserves 
would have to be carried out, is 26 miles. Chaliapuram has the advant¬ 
age of being so situated that five-ton sailing boats can reach it from 
Calicut at all times of the year, that the bamboos can be floated down 
without difficulty to the mill from the forest, and that there is a 
plentiful supply of fresh water available. Were the mill to be erected at 
Calicut, which is more central and on the railway and also a seaport 
there might be difficulty in obtaining a sufficient supply of fresh water. 
It is true that the cost of importing the chemicals might be reduced by 
placing the mill at the seaport of Calicut, but, on the other hand, the cost 
of transporting them to Chaliapuram in sailing boats would be relatively 
small. 
(6) Outturn. 
The possible outturn is based on the enumerations made in these 
forests (see Appendix YI). Owing to the limited time available, only 
two sample plots were taken, so that, for the forests in the Amarampalam 
Range and in the Private Forests, which were inspected and found to 
contain rather less bamboos than in the forests where enumerations were 
made, a 20 per cent, reduction has been adopted. The average outturn 
of dry internodes is 25,544 lbs. or 11*4 tons per acre. The area of the 
fully-stocked bamboo forest is 3,080 acres and that of fairly-stocked 
forest, to be calculated on a 20 per cent, reduction or at 91 tons per acre, 
is 6,300 acres. The gross yield of dry internodes, therefore, works out for 
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