84 



FORESTS, FOREST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



ties from Wilmington for the years 1874, 1884 and 1893 were as 

 follows : 



Total Exports of Tar and Pitch from W(Imingto)i. 



Year. 



Tar, Barrels. 



1874 



68,619 



7,400 



1884 



68,794 



5,734 



1893 



52,541 



3,274 



Pitch, Barrels. 



In 1893, besides the above, 4,600 barrels of tar and 700 barrels 

 of pitch were shipped North by rail from Robeson and Cumber- 

 land counties. This makes a total of 57,100 barrels of tar and 

 4,000 barrels of pitch, with an estimated value of $65,000. The 

 foreign exports of tar and pitch from Wilmington, for the years 

 1873, 1884, 1893 were as follows: In 1873 they were 48,200 

 barrels; in 1884 they were 20,138 barrels; in 1893, 7,740 barrels. 

 This shows a decline in the foreign exports of more than 50 per 

 cent, during each decade. 



TOTAL, AMOUNT AND VALUE OF NAVAL STORE PRODUCTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1893. 



The total amount and value of the naval store products shipped 

 from North Carolina during the year 1893 were approximately as 

 follows : 



Amount and Value of XortJt Carolina Xaral Store Products, 1893. 



75,528 barrels of spirits turpentine 11,283,760 



367,981 barrels of rosin 392,000 



10,931 barrels crude turpentine 12,000 



63,100 barrels tar and pitch 65,000 



Total value of products $1,752,760 



A preliminary report of the Eleventh Census estimates the total 

 products for North Carolina for the year ending May 31, 1890, to 

 have had a valuation of $1,705,833. No crude turpentine is given 

 in that report and the tar is given at 600 barrels, valued at $847 

 for the entire State. This statement is evidently incorrect, since 

 the exports of that product from Wilmington alone amounted to 



