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TIMRF.K PINKS OK THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. 



Tahular ulalemnil of rxpurli of liimbir from Sarininnh, Ihirien, JlntiiDwick, and St, Mari/a to foreii/n ami domotic portt 

 and ehipmeiilii by railroad lo inland markets from JSSSS-f to 18'J3-04. 



This makes a grand total for the ten years ended 1894 of 2,836,000,000 feet, board measure, 

 with an aggregate value, at present export rates ($11 per 1,000 feet), of at least $31,19<),0(i0. 



In tlie ]iio(lucti<)n of naval stores Georgia takes the lead. Uy tlie stiitemciits of tlie cciisus 

 of 1870, only ;!,208 casks of spirits of tiupeiitiiie and 13,810 barrels of rosin, vabied at .*!l.5,070, 

 were ])roduccd during that year in the State. In the course of the following ten years this 

 industry progressed steadily and rapidly. In 1S8S exports from Savaniiali, at present the 

 greatest market in the world for these ])rodnets, had increa.sed to 108,000 casks of spirits of 

 turpentine and r)r)4,000 barrels of rosin, of a total value of $3,880,000. . 



Statement of exjmrin of nariil nlorei fr'tm Suraniinh during tht i/ears 18X0-1804. 



Year. 



1879-80. 

 1880-81. 

 1881-82. 

 188J-83. 

 1883-84. 



188 4-k;. 



1885-80. 

 1886-87. 

 1887-88. 



Spiritn of 

 turpeutiuo. 



OcwJs. 



40. 321 



54. 703 



77. 059 



110.127 



129. 835 



121.028 



106, 925 



140. !I25 



168, 834 



Kosin. 



Barrels. 

 221,421 

 282. 386 

 300. 8.34 



4311. 54.1 

 5."i9. 025 

 401. 99S 

 4:;4. 4!IU 

 56G, 032 

 654, 286 



Tear. 



Spirits iif 

 turpeutinu. 



Kogin. 



1888-89. 

 1889-90. 

 1890-91 . 

 1891.... 

 1892.... 

 1803.... 

 1804.... 



CoKkt. 

 159, 931 

 181,542 

 190.227 

 190. 160 

 234. 080 

 277. 617 

 261.081 



Barrela. 



.577, 990 

 71li.8!;8 

 770.311 

 758. 448 

 H73, 1)78 

 1,0.32,198 

 957. 027 



2, 475, 207 



9,637,830 



Vnliifd at $49,401,031. 



The higliest prices for these stores in Savannah were obtained in 18S{», with $19.50 per cask of 

 .50 gallons for spirits of turpentine and $2.25 ])er barrel of rosin of 280 pounds gross; and the lowest 

 in 18S7-8S, with the jirice of sjiirits of tur|ieiitiiie at $1 1.2."> jiercask and $1.40 jier barrel of rosin. 

 On close scrutiny of the jnices inling at Wilmington, Ibr the eleven years after JS.SO the price of a 

 cask of spirits of turpentine averaged $1S and of a barrel of rosin $1.90, lowest grades of the latter 

 excluded. 



FloriiJii. — Tliat part of the. State between the Suwanee River and the Atlantic Coast, as far 

 south as St. Augustine, can be considered as part of the Atlanti<; jiine region, and covers an area 

 of about 4,700 square miles. In the ba.sin of the St. .lohns liiver a large part of the land has 

 been devoted to tlie cultivation of the citrus fruits. Tlie princijial sites of the manufacture of 

 lumber in this section of the State are EUaville, in Madi.son County, on the Suwanee liiver, and 

 Ja<-ksonville. The snpidies once existing along the Cedar Keys and Fernandina Railroad are at 

 present well nigh exhausted. South of St. Augustine the Longleaf Tine is less common and in 

 general inferior in size. Tlie timber on the extensive Hat woods to the ICverglades, covered with 

 the Saw I'almetto, is stunted and the forests are very open, and in the more fertile soils Longleaf 

 Pine is largely rephued by Cuban Pine. In the central secticni of the peninsula, with its unmerous 

 lakes, the Longleaf Pine is largely associated with the Sand I'iiie (I'iniis clinisa}, and haul woods 

 prevail on the upland hummock lands. 



I'INK IIKI.T (iK IIIK K.,\.STKI!N CUI.l ICKIJKIX. 



Till-: MAHrriMK 



From the banks of the Suwanee River to the njilands bordering the alluvial lands of the 

 Mississippi this pine belt, varying from 90 to 12.5 miles in width, covers an area roughly estimated 



