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APPENDIX III. 
Experimental Bamboo Sample Blot taken in the Arakan Forest Division of Lower Burma . 
(These figures refer to the Seik, Kaladan and Lemru Bamboo Catchment areas.) 
Locality. 
Area of 
sample 
plot, in 
acres. 
Type of Forest. 
SPECIES. 
Number 
of ex¬ 
peri¬ 
mental 
stems 
cut on 
which 
the 
yield is 
based. 
Average size 
OF ONE STEM. 
Total 
weight 
green, in 
lbs. 
Total 
weight 
dry, in 
lbs. 
Yield 
per 
acre, in 
lbs. 
Remarks. 
Melocanna 
BAMBUSOIDES. 
Number of 
culms. 
Length 
in feet. 
Mid-girth 
in 
inches. 
Lemru Catch¬ 
ment area, 
Arakan Divi¬ 
sion. 
1 
Pure bamboo 
forest cut over 
10 years ago 
for Taungya 
cultivation. 
10,575 
*10,575 
22 
3-8 
27,404 
16,576 
16,576 
The growth in the 
area in which 
the sample plot 
was cut, was 
slightly under 
the average. 
•Note I.— All the bamboos were cut down over one acre and counted and weighed green and dry. 
Note II.—This sample plot was taken by Mr. Walker, Divisional Forest Officer, Arakan. 
Note III.—New stems are those which have come into existence in one monsoon but have not passed throughj a’second rains. 
Old stems are those which have passed through two or more rainy seasons. 
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