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Indian Forest Records. 
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chemicals necessary would have to be imported by sea, their prices at 
Calicut and Bombay being approximately the same, if imported from 
Europe. 
(13) Miscellaneous facts. 
The place proposed for the mill is a healthy spot as compared with 
many similar localities on the West Coast. Nilambur has also not a 
bad reputation, it being the head-quarters of the Divisional Forest 
Officer of South Malabar, The proposed mill site presents several 
advantages over the other places, which have been dealt with in 
Madras, in that, it lies on a large river, so that not only can bamboos be 
floated down during the greater part of the year, but also it is in direct 
communication by sea and railwith the outside world. 
