Excerpt from Wilmington, N. C. Directory, 1913-1914, Vol. 9: Containing a General and Business Directory, a Guide to the Streets of Wilmington, N. C., Together With Much Useful Information, Classified as Miscellaneous Wilmington's wonderful progress as a seaport is shown as follows Exports, 1902, as compared with in 1912 showing an increase of 158% per cent; imports, 1902, as compared with in 1912, showing an increase of per cent.; aggregate receipts 1902, as compared with in 1912, showing an increase of 426 per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.