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and lithographic inks. Boston was the largest market, New York 

 and Baltimore being next in order. There were 6,331 barrels 

 shipped from AVilmington and 4,600 barrels from other points, 

 making a total of 10,931 barrels, with an estimated valuation of 

 $12,000. The grades of this crude turpentine were not obtainable. 



The general decrease in the amount of crude turpentine pro- 

 duced in the extreme eastern counties during the past twenty years 

 is approximately shown by the decrease in the exports of rosin and 

 spirits turpentine from Wilmington. This will not apply to the 

 more westerly counties and to Harnett, Johnston, Cumberland and 

 Robeson, since additional railroad facilities during the past ten 

 years have turned a large part of their products from Wilmington. 

 In a few of these counties, as in Montgomery and Moore, the prod- 

 uct has increased considerably of late, owing to better railroad 

 facilities, but this product is largely transported direct to Northern 

 markets and does not enter into this statement of exports from 

 Wilmington. 



The total exports of rosin and spirits of turpentine from Wil- 

 mington for every year since 1872, as shown by the records of the 

 Wilmington Produce Exchange, were as follows: 



Total Rosin and Spirits Turpentine Exported from Wilmington, 1873- 93. 



Year 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 



Exports 

 of 

 Kosin, 

 Barrels. 



690,151 

 556,182 

 523,330 

 490,555 

 537,704 

 581,958 

 512,891 

 447,750 

 486,138 

 444,318 

 453,465 



Exports of 

 Spirits of 

 Turpentine, 

 Casks. 



181,236 

 125,837 

 107,420 

 91,592 

 101,832 

 118,176 

 91,224 

 101,725 

 87,658 

 87,896 

 82,135 



Year. 



1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 



Exports 



of 

 E-osin, 

 Barrels. 



342,936 

 314,724 

 331,497 

 381,535 

 246,566 

 351,827 

 385,523 

 304,818 

 273,291 

 224,070 



Exports of 

 Spirits of 

 Turpentine, 

 Casks. 



71,354 

 66,603 

 63,684 

 71,912 

 63,473 

 61,626 

 70,285 

 60,844 

 58,034 

 47,228 



When the exports of 1883, for both rosin and spirits of tur- 

 pentine, are compared with those of 1873 there is shown a falling 

 off of over one-third, while there is a falling off of nearly one-half 

 in the decade between 1883 and 1893. 



