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Cost of extraction from the forests of the Amarampalam Range:— 
R a. p. 
1. Cost of cutting 100 bamboos . . . . . . .600 
2. ,, „ carting or dragging 5 miles to a floating stream, a cart 
taking 20 bamboos, at 4 annas per mile . . .640 
3. „ ,, floating 30 miles to mill . . . . . . 2 12 0 
15 0 0 
(9) Cost of landing air-dried internodes per ton at the factory site. 
From Appendix VI, it will be seen that the dry nodes make up, in 
round figures, 14 per cent, of the dry culms. To this figure 2 ner cent, 
should be added for loss in sawing, or a total of 16 per cent, should be de¬ 
ducted from the total weight of the bamboos in order to arrive at the 
weight of the dry internodes. From the same statement it will be seen 
that a dry culm weighs 72 lbs. or after deducting the weight of the nodes 
60 5 lbs. It therefore requires 37 culms to produce a ton of air-dried 
internodes. The cost of landing one ton of dry internodes at the mill 
site, therefore, works out to Rs. 3-11-2 per ton from the Nilambur and 
Private Forests and Rs. 5-8-10 per ton from the forests of the Amaram¬ 
palam Range. Provided the nodes are also treated, the cost of extrac¬ 
tion would be reduced by 16 per cent. 
(10) Labour. 
Cooly labour is fairly plentiful along the coast and could be imported 
at 6 annas per day. Carts cost 4 annas per mile and will carry up to 
6 cwts. Masons and carpenters are available in Calicut at about Re. 1 
per day. The same labour difficulties, which were anticipated in the 
case of Kanoth, should not occur in Nilambur. 
(11) Firewood. 
Firewood is fairly plentiful at Nilambur and, it is estimated, would 
cost Rs. 4 to Rs. 5 per ton at Chaliapuram, exclusive of royalty. The 
yield is roughly estimated at 2,000 tons per annum. 
(12) Chemicals. 
Shell-lime is available in fairly large quantities along the coast, and 
costs about Rs. 13 per ton or Rs 14 per ton at the mill. The other 
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