82 FORESTS, FOREST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



Many distilleries in the extreme eastern counties reported that 

 their territory had not been thoroughh^ worked, during the last few 

 years, on account of the low ptices, and that any rise in prices 

 would largely increase production. This fact may in part account 

 for the more rapid decline in the receipts of rosin and spirits of 

 turpentine at Wilmington since 1883. 



The following table gives the foreign exports of rosin and spirits 

 of turpentine from AVilmington and their value for the past ten 

 years. The data were kindly compiled from the records of the 

 custom-house at Wilmington, for the Survey, by Mr. J. M. Cronly, 

 Deputy Collector of that port : 



QuantHy cmd Value of Foreign Exports of Rosui and Spirits Turpentine from 

 Wilininfjtoii, X. C, 1874 and 1SS4-9S. 



Foreign Exports of Rosin. 



Year. 



1874 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 



Barrels. 



248,424 

 300,932 

 290,165 

 288,499 

 333,119 

 311,()13 

 281,251 

 302,094 

 296,918 

 251,853 

 231,056 



Value 



405,776 

 348,849 

 306,538 

 338,356 

 341,825 

 296,987 

 394,569 

 426,007 

 371,394 

 299,286 



Foreign Exports Spirits Tur- 

 pentine. 



Gallons. 



2,530,000 

 1,418,848 

 2,375,482 

 2,139,091 

 2,203,457 

 1,988,103 

 1,630,795 

 1,751,270 

 1,473,157 

 1,080,231 

 918,727 



Value. 



470,644 

 689,964 

 732,642 

 757,398 

 695,476 

 641,025 

 709,988 

 565,834 

 372,534 

 256,178 



While the foreign exports of rosin have varied but little there- 

 has been a steady decline in the amount of spirits of turpentine 

 shipped. 



THE rosin trade. 



The bulk of the rosin made in the United States is used in for- 

 eign countries, England importing the larger part of it. About 

 two-thirds of the amount manufactured in North Carolina last year 

 went to Europe, and the remainder to domestic consumers. Domestic 

 manufacturers use more of the fine grades of rosin made in this 

 State than foreign manufacturers do. An attempt was made to 

 ascertain the amounts of the different grades of rosin manufactured, 



