The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-12-07


enable him to bo habi,ualIy on tho Hccue
OF river mining wherever carried on
20. There should be II complete aud uc-
curate survey made at once of tho whole
phosphate territory belonging TO the
State, 80 as 70 show tho location uf the
different beds and determine the value ot
each in tie thrco qualities OF richness,
extent and accessibility.
ID. The beds so HNCcrtainCd aud de-
fined should be divided into srrtion1 OF
approximately equal value and ti"s.. sec.
tons arranged in groups.
ith. Exclusive mining rights III certain
selected groups should ho sold, after wild.
advertisement and Under competition. in
such manner as that the sales Shall ID
iiade As rcuunclat:Sc to the State ~
possible
9TH. The rest Of the tcI ritory should be
rIHidiy reserved and protected from de-.
pIcdati0nS, the successive rrD,II,, of see.
tious to be brought on the market only
after Intervals Of years or in case prices
should advance inorninatclv. The rn.rr-
vation Of these areas anJ the conditions
upon which they are to bo surrcs,ivrlv
marketed might he made one Of the coy.
cnants Of the future sales Of mining
rights, so as to render this policy irrcyu.
cHbi" and thereby increase the value Of
what l. NOW To he sold.
9Th. The present holders Of general
rights should be limited To the territory
already 50 mined, with on.y such addi-
tons OF territory, If any. hereafter AZ
may he necessary to afford jus, and
fair field to all who may have been here
toiore actually engaged in the busiuc,, Of
mining under Ecncral rights. No iiccn-
scI. however, should be hereafter isSuUd
and every proper effort should be made
To- put an end To tho system.
1th. Tho state should keep faith fully
and fairly, with ali who have acquired
"a nr .inl ,.i,, ,l,tx
should in turn exact full and fair conl-
plianc" with All tho requirements OF the
contracts cOi!rrrin9 such rights, especial
ly those that forbid the same parties from
hOluing Dnln general anu special rights
and those that require the forfeiture Of
exclusive rights TO territory not fairly
developed.
Sih Precautions should be taken
arairst the mining rights hereafter gran
ted becoming monopoliZcd
Mr. +. l.. Roche, the special assistant
OF the department. is commended for
the prompt and faithful discharge Of his
duties.
SHIrMENr OF PHOSPHATE ROrE.
a general tablo showing tho total ship
ments ;;f rock s'r every company or in
aividual working under grant, charter or
license from the State since 1870 is given
i'll the report of tho commissioner OF ag-
riculturc. In 1870 the shipments anoun-
ted To .HS9 tons in 1871, 1868 tons in
1872, ~, lO2 tons: in 1873, 45,717 tons In
1874, 81, ,7lG tons; in 1879, 67 .969 tons in
1876, 81 .9l2 tons; in 1877. l26, 500 tons in
1873, 97.7oo! tons in 1879. $3.50 tons in
1850 "a, !h22 tons; in 1881. i2i.5ii tons {;
in lSS2, li0,TI22 tons, making the total
shipments for the twelve years given.
94S. So tons
TIIE DEPARTMENT OF IIIMIGRATIoN.
During tho year, notwithstanding the
prevalence or small pOX and other dis
cnuraginE features !hat have hampcrcd
this department during the past year, 500
immigrants lavo up 10 this date been
brought into the State aud located. They
arc Scnorally of Il thrifty class and arc
generally giving satisfaction.
THE STATE FISHERIES.
The Fish Commission of the State is "A
branch of the Department OF Agriculture
and is managed by Mr.. c. J. IIuSkc
During the past year ho has distributed
lI6,OOO California salmon, I,545 German
carp, 80 blue Dream and 30 black bass
Increased interest iH being manifested in
the development of this work, and the
results have been gratifying. 1t is not
generally known that South Carolina
comes twentieth in the list of fish proull-
cling States, with l.00j fishermen and
products valued Il S2l2,iS2. She is, how
ever, noted for her shrimp fisheries, these
other State. and nearly rs important rs
those OF all other States combined. In
lSSn her fishermen secured $1,000 BUSH
els, valued at 81, 500. The principal fish
cries nro about Charleston, where several
hundred negroes. with an occasional
hand lines from vessels and small boats
to supply the city with whiting. black fish
and other species. \ limited fishery oc-
curs nt Georgetown and in tho sounds
about Beaufort, from which points few
fish arc shipped to tho interior cities.
Beyond the places mentioned no sea fish
cry OF importance occurs though there
is more less fishing for local supply along
all portions of the coast. Four hund red
thousand pounds of nlcwivcs, tlocally
known ~ hcrring.) 201 600 pounds 0i
shad and 26l,250 pounds of sturgeon,
with considerable quantities OF other
species, were taken by the river fisher
men, tho largest fisheries being in the
Edisto River and in tho tributaries OF
Winyah Bay.
STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
AZ part OF his report Col. Butler pub
fishes the statistical Information with re-
gard to the yield of the various crops in
the State during the last year, tho grand
total showing that the farm productions
of South Carolina of 1882 exceed in value
those of 1881 by SIS, ST. 525. A number OF
TABULAR STATEMENTS
are incorporated in tho report, giving
valuable information upon almost every
subject of Importance to tho material wei.
fare of the State. a table giving the av-
erage wages per month paid to farm
hands, Including r:.ions, shows that III
Georgetown County the highest wages,
Sl2 SO per month, is paid, and in Claren.
don County Sc, the lowest. During the
year the farmers purchased supplies to
the value of Sll .2S3 AS, as against 80, ,O2l ;.
345 in 1881. OF thu, amount $9,2lS,31l
worth of supplies were bought on q cred.
it. as against S7,3s4,072 in 1851. Darling.
ton County ran ahead of all the other
counties in getting goods ION time" her
purchasers running as high as 81, l25, l44,
and Horny County asked for less credit,
The farmer who operates on u credit pays
as nearly as can be estimated the follow.
ing percentages on his supplies: Corn
sc per cent bacon "a per cent, -four Go
per cont, meal ~ per cent. and hay 66
per cent, or AT average of n fraction less
than ." per cent. on farm supplies--chief-
ly tho neCesSarics of life
With reference to the smaller indus.
trios Col. Butler says: when our poo
industries, which they surely will do,
there will be u sure, steady and perlna-
nent Improvement III our agricultural
affairs.
The receipts Of the department during
the year ending October 81, 1882, together
with tho cash balance in the State treasury
to tho credit of the department. nt tho
close of the preceding fiscal year. amount
cd to $2S, ,555.&1. Tho expenses of the de-
partment during the year amounted to
81 $3.50. leavinga cash balance In the
State treasury on October 81 1880 Of