114 



FORESTS, FOREST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF SHINGI.ES. 



The greater part of the sawn cypress shingles, and all of the 

 first-class white cedar (juniper) shingles manufactured in the State, 

 have been exported. The greater part of the pine shingles have 

 been used locally. Wilmington was the only point in the State 

 that has shipped any shingles to foreign ports. It also had a large 

 domestic trade. The total exports of shingles from Wilmington, 

 the foreign exports, and the value of the foreign exports for the 

 years 1873, 1883, and each year of the past decade are shown by 

 the following table: 



QiKOititii and ]^(ihir <if Slii/tf/Irs Exportt <] from Wdnuur/ton, 1S7S-93. 



Year. 



Total Exports. 



Domestic Ex- 

 ports. 



Foreign Exports. 



Value of For- 

 eign Exports. 



1873 



6,338,836 



3,960,580 



2.378.256 





1883 



6,635,851 



4,748,951 



1,88().900 





1884 



10,140,707 



6,510,707 



3,630,000 



18,936 



1885 



7,191,335 



3,894,335 



3,297,000 



18,936 



1886 



9,265,560 



7,677,560 



1,589,000 



8,749 



1887 



5,726,453 



3,499,453 



2,227,000 



11,750 



1888 



6,663,950 



2,622,950 



4,041,000 



21,125 



1889 



7,316,912 



3,593,912 



3,723,000 



17,946 



1890 



8.t>35.0fU 



5, 305,0 ( U 



3,630,000 



19.249 



1891 



; 5.;t5S.."Si>() 



3,. 732,520 



2.226.000 



12,930 



1892 



10,274,329 



7,358,329 



2,916,000 



15,519 



1893 



18,167,500 



6,314,500 



1,853,000 



9,806 



Much the larger part of the shingles 



shipped from 



AVilmington 



are hand-drawn or rived cypress shingles. These are made entirely 

 in the surrounding counties, especially those along the Cape Fear 

 river. The making of drawn shingles, both from cypress and long- 

 leaf pine, is an industry that has rapidly declined during the past 

 decade. Estimates given by shingle dealers at Wilmington, Xew- 

 bern and Washington, and smaller places along the seaboard, show 

 a falling off in the production of one-half or more since 1880. 

 This falling off is largely due to the fact tliat the supply of the 

 best quality of cypress which could be easily reached in the swamps 

 has been in a measure exhausted. The number of rived pine and 

 cypress shingles estimated to have been made last year (1893) was 

 22,800,000, valued at about $55,000. 



