RESINS. 
some of the imported varnishes. The matter is well worth 
investigation. 
Resins are also used in medicine, in the manufacture of 
lacquer, and in other arts. 
Ceylon contains, as will be seen from the list below, a good 
many trees which yield valuable resins, but there appears 
to be very little export and the local use is but little, while 
all the varnish used in the Island is apparently imported. 
Some of the local resins are used medicinally. It is hoped 
to carry out a series of experiments upon' the uses of the 
local resins. Attention may be specially drawn to Calo- 
phyllum, Canarinm, Diptero carpus, Doona, Garcinia, 
Semecarpus, Styrax, Vateria, Yatica, below. 
The market value of resins varies very much, according 
to the kind and quality. Common copals, &c., vary from 
£3 to £20 per ewt. In preparing a resin for market, 
especially a resin of any hitherto unfamiliar kind, the 
remarks above made under gums, as to cleanliness, absence 
of any admixture of foreign bodies or other resins, and sort¬ 
ing into qualities, apply with the same force. 
A.—STAPLE RESINS. 
COPAL OR ANIME RESINS .—These are hard resins 
meltmg at high temperatures. Their botanical source varies, 
and has yet to be satisfactorily made out in many cases. 
Several of the African copals are dug from the ground, 
havmg flowed from trees that formerly existed there. The 
best kinds eome from Zanzibar, often via Bombay (these 
are often sold as “ Bombay ”), and from Madagascar. Kami 
eepal from Anatralia and New Zealand ia the prodnet of the 
Comferona tree Agathia anatralia, Stend. (the Kami or 
owne Pine), and other speeiea of Agathia ; it ia alao often 
r^ np ? a ‘ nber0asf0rm - Manila from the East 
ian . hipelago, formerly snppoaed to be derived from 
