The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-11
PHOSPHATE ROYALTY.
Over Fifteen Thousand Dollars More
Than Last Year.

nan LaSt year.
The following is The gratifying re-
port of the State phosphate inspector,
Col. S. w. Vance, showing an increase
in royalty this year Of s15,520.1G:
To His Excellency VI. y. McSweeney,
Governor and Chairman of the Beard
of Phosphate Commissioners:
Sir: l have the horor herewith 10
submit this my annual report as State
phosphate inspector for the fiscal yeGr
ending December 3lSt. 1859. The cor
dition of the Static phosphate industry
is now better than IT. has been for sew
eral years. There has been a consid-
cradle increase in he demand for rock.
and this has stimulated the miners to
greater exertion and the result bas
been, as shown by the royalty paid TO
the tSate over that received for each
Of several preceding years. There has
been marked advance IN the price Of
dried rock, the highest price paid being
$3.3S per ton, t. 0. b.
1t is onl when the net price exceeds
SO per ton that the State is entitled I'd
collect additional royalty above 25
cents per ton, as fixed by law, the ad-
ditional royalty being one-half of the
amount received +. o. b. above So per
ton. Each shipment has to be closely
followed from the time the contract
Of sale Is made until the account sales
are returned.
The following record is kept in the
phosphate inspectors Office OF each
shipment Of rock: First, date of con-
tract Of sale; second, date Of shipment;
third, by what conveyance; fourth
destination; fifth number of tons IS
per bill Of lading; sixth, freight per
ton; seventh, price per unit; eighth,
analysis; ninth, net price, "free on
board" to company; tenth, additional
royalty due the State; eleventh, date
Of account sales; twelfth, date of ex-
animation of account sales and adjust
ment Of royalty.
Attached to each monthly report cor
tanning the above information is the
following:
State of South Carolina, County of
Personally appeared .......... .presi-
dent and secretary of ...........P .Phos-
phate company, who, being duly sworn
each of them says the above is a Cor
rect statement Of the phosphate rocl;
shipped by said company during the
month Of ...... and that said rock
was not sold for an amount in excess
Of the contract price.
OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR.
The total number of tons rock
mined during the fiscal year
ending December 31st, 1899 :. 121,073
For the fiscal yearending De-
cember 31st, 1898 ........... 99,315
Increase in production -. -. 21,75S
The total number Of tons Of
rock On hand December 31st,
On hand December 31st, 1898 ., 33,O15
Decrease OF stock on hand :. 1929
SHIPMENTS.
Total number of tons Of rock
shipped during the fiscal year
ending December 31st, 1899 134,O94
Against last year, 1898 :. :. :. 94,Oos
An increase in shipment Of :. 4e,oS5
OF the rock shipped or sent to mar
ket there has been shipped:
Tons.
To foreign ports 94'S2l
AS against foreign shipments
An increase in foreign ship
ment Of :. 5o''t
To domestic ports go. 39,li3
AS against domestic ports for
1898 =. :. :. 1870
An increase OF domestic ship
ROYALTIES.
The amount of royalty due the
State for the fiscal year end
ing Dec. 31st, 1899, Is ....$34,92S.C9
Collected by attorney general 4,1141l
$39,042.S0
AS against amt paid in 1898 J. 23,52264
An increase in royalty Of .$15,520 10
DETAILED STATEMENT OF ROY
ALTIES.
The C,oosaw COMPANY on shin
ment of 64,231 tons ..$l6,64i9o
The Empire company on ship
ment of 4,634 tons l,loo. (.
The Central company on ship
m mont Of 1862 tons :. 9311.a
The Beaufort company on
sbinment of 29.44s tons :. 7,52S6O