THE SUPPLY OF RESIN. Ill 
With some such encouragement on the part of the government, com- 
bined with an export demand, I am convinced, that in a few years a very- 
large quantity of resin could and would be produced in my Consular 
district ; but, for the present, the supply being insufficient for the home 
consumption, no demand for export can be met. There is a coarser sort 
of resin, however, made from tar in the same manner as pitch, of which 
a large quantity could at once be furnished for exportation, the 
quantity of pitch exported hence this year having been about 90,000 
cwt. 
The quality of the resin produced in Velsk is inferior to the American, 
probably owing to carelessness in the manufacture. The difference of 
value between the two is, I am informed, about 3s. per cwt. The colour 
of the Russian is almost black. The kind produced from tar is but a 
superior sort of pitch and has the same colour. Previous to the war in 
America the value of resin in Velsk did not exceed 9s. per cwt.. but 
this year as high as 25s. per cwt. has been paid for it. There being 
water communication to this port from all the districts which could fur- 
nish resin, the cost of delivering it in England would be about the 
same as the transport to Moscow and St. Petersburg, say about 3s. 6d. 
per cwt. 
The value of the resin from tar is from 20 to 25 per cent, above that 
of pitch, and may be named at present at 12s. per cwt. free on board 
ship, or at 14s. per cwt. deliverable in Great Britain. 
Salvador. — Report of Consul Hall, Sonsonate. — The Governor of 
Chalatenango reports that any quantity of excellent resin may be sup- 
plied at that department at the price of one dollar per arroba (25 lbs.). 
He mentions the names of fourteen districts within his jurisdiction abound- 
ing in pine forests which might yield an unlimited supply. The moun- 
tains of that department bearing this tree are situated at distances of 
from five leagues and upwards from the town of Chalatenango. The 
distance from this town to Libertad is only forty leagues over good 
roads. 
In the vicinity of Santa Anna, distant twenty leagues from the Port 
of Acajutla, there are also extensive forests of pine trees capable of 
yielding good resin. 
The Governor of Sonsonate reports favourably of the quality of the 
resin brought for consumption in this town from the mountains on the 
border line of Guatemala, and gives the price of that sold here at 3 cents 
per lb. 
The Governor of San Salvador states that he has had personally much 
experience in this article, which he considers of great importance to the 
country, and can testify to the excellence of the quality of that brought 
from the pueblos of Tejutla and La Palma, in the department of Chala- 
tenango, which he has bought at the price of 3 dollars per quintal 
(100 lbs.), and even as low as 2 dollars, and he believes that in large 
quantities it might be obtained cheaper. 
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