THi-: i.r.Mr.KK industry in eastern Nojrrii Carolina. 109 



for the year ending December 31, 1893, was about |4,559,0()0. 

 For the cen.^us year 1880 it was $1,340,000, and for the census 

 year 1890 it was, for the entire State, $5,767,687. 



The output for 1893 came from 323 lumber-mills, including 

 .^hingle-mills, with an aggregate capital of $4,690,000. The capital 

 reported by the census, for the entire State, in 1890 was $5,319,- 

 -500, invested in 688 establishments. 



The capital engaged respectively in the manufacture of shingles 

 and board cannot be separated, since the manufacture of shingles 

 is largely engaged in by mills producing other lumber products. 

 The number of mills engaged in the manufacture of lumber was 

 281, with an output in 1893 of 455,865,000 feet, board measure, 

 valued at about $3,745,000. The number of shingle-mills was 65 

 (42 exclusively shingle-mills), with an output of 166,180,000 

 shingles, valued at about $813,280. 



OUTPUT OF J.UMBER AND SHINGI.ES. 



The output of lumber and shingles and the capacity of the lum- 

 ber and shingle-mills in operation in each county for the year 

 ^'uding December 31, 1893, w'as as follows: 



