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the destruction of the trees, and a large and abundant supply of resin 
might be obtained from these districts. 
Although there are vast tracts of resinous pine plantations, the peo- 
ple of the island of Scio, have never extracted any, except for their own 
private use. 
It is stated that 100 to 150 tons might be collected in six months on 
the island of Mytilene. 
No doubt, if permission to extract were given, and a better method 
adopted for collecting the resin, a much larger supply might be obtained 
from this district. The quality of the resin is good, though not so clear 
as the American resin. 
The price is about l£ piastres per oke, or about 111. per ton. 
Zanzibar. — Report by Lieutenant- Colonel Play fair. — Of the common 
resin of commerce, the produce of coniferous trees, there is none obtain- 
able here ; but other valuable resins are found on the East Coast of 
Africa, and exported to India, England, and the Continent of Europe. 
Of these the most important, and almost the only one exported from 
Zanzibar, is copal, which is found both in a fossil and a recent state ; 
the average price is about 6 lbs. for one Austrian dollar, and during the 
year 1863-64 163,353 dollars worth was exported to the following 
places :- 
Dollars. 
United Kingdom 
30,030 
British India * 
50,044 
Kertch .-..,. 
500 
United States .... 
5,000 
Hamburgh 
30,000 
Italy 
2,339 
Total 
. 163,353 
The quantity of other resins, principally oblibanum or frankincense, 
was hardly appreciable ; that is exported from the African Coast, west 
of Cape Guardafui, principally to the Aden and Bombay markets. 
WOOD PULP FOR PAPER. 
BY THE EDITOR. 
Amongst the multitude of materials which have been proposed for the 
manufacture of paper, perhaps wood has been suggested the greatest 
number of times. On several occasions the manufacture has been suc- 
cessfully carried out, and we saw some years ago really good paper for 
printing purposes produced from deal shavings by the patent of J. and 
C. Watt. We are induced to take up the subject now by finding atten- 
tion prominently drawn to wood pulp for paper in the ' Paper Makers' 
