THE SUPPLY OF RESIN. 107 
The pollen of the blossoms affords wax to the bees, the bark serves 
for tanning, but is as yet little used ; it contains according to Nardo 52 
per cent, tanning substance, consequently considerably more than the 
common pine ; the bark can also be used for dyeing a red-brown colour. 
It contains a good deal of resin, from which particularly good oil of 
turpentine, resin, pitch, tar, and very fine pine blacking (Kienruss) can 
be made. Thin straight stems afford most excellent masts. The wood 
is used for house and shipbuilding, and is esteemed for many other 
useful purposes. It makes excellent firewood, and its charcoal is better 
than that of the common pine. 
According to the same author Pimts Pinea, Pinus Picea, and Pinus 
A bies, all of which exist in Greece, produce resin and oil of turpentine. 
Guatemala. — Report by Consul Hall. — Various descriptions of resin, 
most of them in their natural state, are here to be obtained, no use 
having hitherto been made of them by the efforts of industry. 
Here are to be found different descriptions of balsams, turpentines, 
liquidainbar, vegetable wax, a substance of a candent nature, and 
which serves for the preparation of candles, wherewith a soft and bril- 
liant light is obtained. 
The balsams, which in particular are exported on the coast of Son- 
sonate, situated on the Pacific of the neighbouring Republic of Salvador, 
are those which most frequently make their appearance in commerce* 
and are the only ones that may be considered articles of exportation at 
present. Each gallon is worth 5 dollars, more or less. 
The liquidambar, which is likewise exported and is of good quality, 
bears a varied price ; it may, however, be estimated at 3 dollars per 
gallon. The trade in these articles is conducted on a very small scale> 
but it is susceptible of great extension if carried on with sufficient 
means and intelligence. The Indians are those who attend to this 
source of industry. 
The pitch pine, from which is extracted the turpentine, is abundant 
in this Republic, but it is incomparably more so in Honduras. Large 
quantities might be obtained therefrom, and not at much cost. I 
cannot state the fixed value, because I know no one who has dedicated 
himself to this speculation, but on noticing the large number of trees, 
and loaded as they are with turpentine, it may be calculated that the 
price of a gallon would be from 4 to 6 rials, but more particularly in 
the Republic of Honduras, where the forests are near the coast and in 
a virgin state. 
Italy. — Report by Consul Craig, Cagliari. — The imports of resin into 
Sardinia are very limited, and the only resin collected in the Island is 
from the Bastard Olive {Oleaster), at Orosei, on the east coast ;Jbut it is 
only in small quantities, and is disposed of as presents, and used in per- 
fuming apartments. 
Japan.— Report by Acting-Consul Enslie, Hakodadi. — The nearest 
parts of Japan whence this article is to be procured are Sendai and 
