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 SOUTH CAROLINA 195 INDUSTRIES. No. of estab- lish- ments. No. of hands ployed. Capital. Value of product!. Blacksmithing Bread, crackers, &c Carpentering and building.. Carriages and wagons 147 17 64 77 12 2 624 2 7 84 31 2 227 21 1 2 11 2 7 54 20 12 3 345 71 431 288 1,123 825 1,133 15 85 72 53 19 1,212 415 24 43 164 18 27 876 C3 40 13 $39,960 36,200 286,135 81,820 1,337,000 350,000 835,814 20,000 64,251 24,125 16,075 19,000 533.425 443,702 40,000 109,000 102,550 27,000 26,800 205,425 87,650 17.200 8,700 $151,829 142,045 313,350 186,114 1,529,937 425,000 8,180,247 22,190 119,750 85,778 80,247 35,000 1,197,005 496.425 27,200 79,000 2f,7.930 19,225 45,650 774,077 87,294 21,259 13,200 Fertilizers Flouring and grist-mill prod- ucts Iron, forged and rolled Leather, tanned " curried " sawed Machinery Oil cotton-seed Printing and publishing, newspapers Printin" job Ship building, repairing, and ship materials . . . Tar and turpentine Tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware Wool-carding and cloth- Woollen goods The number of cotton mills in 1874 was 18, having 1,238 looms and 62,872 spindles; the amount of cotton used during the year was 7,134,558 Ibs. South Carolina has three United States customs districts, indicated in the fol- lowing statement of foreign commerce for the year ending June 30, 1875, with the number of vessels registered, enrolled, and licensed : PORTS OF ENTRY. Imports. Exports. Registered, Ac. Vessels. Tons. Beaufort $122,318 680,343 $1,047,257 19,655,966 17,635 16 185 25 2,104 12,051 8,288 Georgetown. Total.... 8802,661 $20.720.858 226 17.443 The chief article of export is cotton. During the fiscal year 259,053 bales were exported from Charleston, valued at $17,930,603, be- sides 6,357 bales of sea island, valued at $779,- 346. The shipments of cotton, rice, naval stores, phosphates, and lumber to ports of the United States constitute an extensive trade. The amount of shipping in 1875 was as follows : DISTRICTS. FOREIGN POETS. COASTWISE. ENTEBED. CLEARED. ENTERED. CLEARED. Vessels. Ton.. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tom. Beaufort 80 236 1 32,862 102.023 174 83 268 7 39,516 119,274 2,394 44 504 55 25,852 882,018 14,356 27 461 6 17,875 9-28,266 1,408 Charleston Total 317 135,059 863 161,134 603 422,226 494 847,549 'he state had 204m. of railroad in 1845, 759 I following table shows the railroads lying whol- 1855, 1,007 in 1865, and 1,298 in 1875. The | ly or partly within the state : NAMES OF CORPORATIONS.

Atlanta and Richmond Air Line TEHMIM. Miles in operation in South Caro- lina in 1875. Total length of line when different from preceding. FROM TO Atlanta, Ga Charlotte, N. C Augusta, Ga Cheraw Yorkville 125 183 40 22 12 143 12 43 102 111 96 111 83 6S 124 265 195 "so 'ioi 'l89 Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Cheraw and Darlington Charlotte, N. C Florence Chester Chester and Lenoir . . . Cheraw and Salisbury Greenville and Columbia Branch .... Cheraw Greenville Salisbury, N. C Columbia Abbeville Leased, Blue Ridge. ... Belton Walhalla. Northeastern Charleston Port Royal Harbor Florence. . Port Royal Augusta, Ga Savannah and Charleston Charleston South Carolina Charleston . Augusta, Ga Branches j Branchville Columbia Spartanburg and Union. . Kings ville Alston Camden Wilmington, Columbia, and Augusta Wilmington, N. C Columbia The Santee canal, 22 m. long, connects Charles- ton, through Cooper river, with the Santee. There are also several short canals, having an aggregate length of about 30 m. At the begin- ning of 1875 there were 12 national banks in operation, with a capital stock of $3,135,000; circulation, $2,167,420; circulation per capita, $3 07; ratio of circulation to the wealth of the state, 1 per cent. ; to bank capital, 69'1 per cent. The government is administered under the constitution adopted in 1868, which pro- vides that slavery shall never exist in the state ; that every citizen owes paramount allegiance to the United States ; that the state shall ever remain a member of the American Union ; no property qualification shall be necessary to eligibility to office ; distinctions on account of race or color shall be prohibited, and all citizens shall enjoy all common public, legal, and political privileges ; no debt contracted by