THE SUPPLY OF RESIN. 99 
and the cedar tree, and the average distance of these forest lands from 
the coast is from 70 to 100 English miles. 
Several French capitalists have of late directed their attention to the 
manufacture of resin, and have obtained from the French Government 
concessions of pine forests for that purpose ; but very little resinous 
produce has hitherto been brought to the market of Algiers, and still 
less has been exported. 
Having placed myself in communication with M. Leon Lesca, of 
Orleansville (Algeria), one of the " concessionaires," I am informed 
that this, the first year of his labours, he calculates on producing 150 
tons of resin in different shapes, and hopes to double and quadruple this 
quantity in the course of a few years. 
The tree from which the resin is extracted is the Aleppo pine, and 
its resin, from specimens sent to Marseilles and Bordeaux, has been pro- 
nounced to be at least as good as that of the Southern States of America/ 
The system adopted by M. Lesca in the manufacture of resin is the 
" Systeme Hugues," which requires both care and skilful labour. His 
colophony is apparently of the best description. 
This year M. Lesca has confined his business to the production of 
tar, pitch, and colophony, but he proposes to himself to attend more 
particularly to those descriptions of the latter commodity that enter into 
the manufacture of paper and varnish. 
M. Lesca is anxious to enter into direct communication with the 
manufacturers of Great Britain ; but although he affirms that his resins 
are bought up at Marseilles as fast as he can produce them, he makes 
another statement that would tend to show that nothing is to be done 
with Algeria in this article of trade, namely, that the resins sold at Dax, 
and Bordeaux at 146f., 150f., and 1541*. in cask, fetch 165f. at Algiers 
without cask. 
From another source, I learn that a sample of Algerian resin was 
sent to Liverpool this year, but that its cost price was found to be too 
high for the English market. 
M. Lesca writes from France that in order to induce the British 
manufacturers to take his resins, he is prepared to give them at more 
advantageous terms than those of Bordeaux ; trusting that this, together 
with the superior quality of his produce, will draw the attention of the 
British manufacturers, who will, he reiterates, find it more suitable to 
place themselves in direct communication with his house at Orleans- 
ville or Algiers. 
Report by Acting- Consul Graham, Bayonne. — From 70,000 to 
80,000 barrels of dry resinou s produce, weighing on an average 250 
kilogrammes each, are annually sold in the market of Dax, which town 
is the depot within this Consular district of the article in question. 
From 4,500 to 5,000 tons of essence of turpentine are likewise disposed 
of. The quality of the resin may be classed as follows : — 
1st. Hugues's colophony. 
