THE LUMBER JNDl^STKV IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 113 



Of the above amounts of lumber sawn there were 138,420,000 

 feet reman u fa ctu red at the mills, of which 101,420,000 feet were of 

 loblolly pine and 37,000,000 feet were long-leaf pine. Besides this 

 it is estimated that there were 45,000,000 feet of both kinds remanu- 

 factured at separate establishments in Moore, Richmond and Per- 

 quimans counties. 



The amount of lumber used locally, including that shipped to 

 other points in North Carolina, was 79,200,000 feet, of which 

 52,000,000 feet was long-leaf pine lumber. It seems that long-leaf 

 pine lumber is much more widely used in the State than that made 

 from the loblolly pine. This is because the long-leaf pine timber 

 lasts so much longer than that of other pines when used in exposed 

 situations, as is generally the case in this State. Most of the lob- 

 lolly pine used in North Carolina is sawn in the counties where it is 

 used. What is exported goes to the Northeastern States, about the 

 same amount going by rail as by water. The long-leaf pine lum- 

 ber, except that from Wilmington, goes to Virginia, Pennsylvania, 

 and other interior States. That from Wilmington goes to coast- 

 wise ports and to the West Indies. 



I.UMBER vSHIPMENTS FROM WILMINGTON. 



The total shipments of lumber, the foreign exports and th^ value 

 of the latter, from Wilmington for the years 1873, 1883 and each 

 year of the past decade were as follows: 



Quantitij and Value of Lumber Shipped f rom WUmington, 1873- 93. 



Year. 



^Total 

 ship- 

 ments of 

 lumber, 

 feet, b. m. 



fTotal for- 

 eign ex- 

 ports of 

 lumber, 



feet, b. m. 



fValue of 

 foreign 



exports of 

 lumber. 



Year. 



^Total 

 ship- 

 ments of 

 lumber, 

 feet, b. m. 



fTotal for- 

 eign ex- 

 ports of 

 lumber, 



feet, b. m. 



13,019,000 

 10,695,000 

 13,824,000 

 17,532,000 

 12,224,000 

 13,244,000 



fValue of 

 foreign 



exports of 

 lumber. 



1873 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 



19,517,768 

 40,281,158 

 37,076,042 

 35,956,829 

 39,512,249 



6,920,171 

 9,074,077 

 15,319,000 

 14,912,000 

 9,053,000 

 lia90,000 



! 



232,537 

 238,983 

 145,968 

 174,121 



1888 41,067,686 



1889 36,679,509 



1890 40,289,205 



1891 40,065,567 



1892 ! 29, 580, 160 



1893 '25,874,331 



$190,681 

 172,487 

 212,094 

 287,448 

 174,446 

 175,699 



*From the records of the Wilmington Board of Trade. For the compilation of these figures and 

 others obtained from these records the Survey is indebted to Col. J. L. Cantwell, Secretary of the 

 Wilmington Board of Trade. These figures indicate the number of feet in board measure. 



fFrom the custom-house records. 



