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both areas together, at 92,442 tons. Cutting on a five-year rotation, 
the sustained supply of air-dried internodes comes to 18,488 tons 
per annum. These figures, as elsewhere explained, may be raised by 
16 per cent, if the nodes are taken into account. 
(7) Lines of export. 
Bamboos can be floated down the main stream of the Chaliar river 
throughout the year, and down its tributaries from July to November. 
The longest distance over which floating will have to be carried out from 
the forests of Nilambur and the Private Forests, to a mill at Chaliapuram, 
is 26 miles. 
From the forests of the Amarampalam Range, the bamboos will have 
to be floated down the Karimpoya river and its tributaries, the former 
being a large tributary of the Chaliar river, the junction of the two streams 
occurring just above the village of Nilambur. Floating is possible down 
one tributary of the Karimpoya from as far up as the village of Nedam- 
gam and also from up another tributary of the same river to Nellinkutta, 
so that the extreme distance, over which bamboos would have to be 
dragged or carted from the forests of Amarampalam to a floating stream, 
would be 4 to 5 miles. From that point, they can be floated down 
to the proposed mill site without difficulty. 
The Chaliar river is also available as a means of communication with 
Calicut as sailing boats come up to Chaliapuram throughout the year. 
Calicut is also a seaport and at Kalai, 3 miles from Calicut, exists a 
station of the South Indian Railway, close to a navigable branch of the 
river. 
(8) Cost of cutting and extraction. 
The cost of felling and extraction from the Nilambur and Private 
Forests works out as follows :— 
B. a. p. 
1. Cost of cutting 100 bamboos . . . . . . .600 
2 „ „ dragging to floating stream, an average distance of one 
mile . . . . . . . . .200 
3. ,, „ floating to factory site . . ..200 
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