The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-04-01
cAL1LoRS1A FAcTs.

i The total arrival of passengers for
the year were 60990, and the departs
ures 32,793. China and Japan sent +
11,OS5! and received back 4,209. Aus
tralia sent ,226, and took T3.! There
were AZ 563 arrivals by way of Pana- i
ma, and only q, ,70T via San Juan. The
gain is an Increase of 800 over that
of 1867. Most of tile Orientalsi have /
proved acceptable laborers on the 1
railroads. The overland arrivals are
set down at 1000, making a total gain
of 72, 1888. The births were gain of
10000, exclusive of deaths and re-
movals; and it is estimated that Cali |
fornia swings into 1869 with 10000
more population than she took into
last year. e raj3tfis-l fi .rqu,apr..,..
The result of the whaling fisheries
were quite as satisfactory as, in 1867,
and it is noticed that the whales taken
in the Artic resembled those of Green
land and the Polar sea, and were. un-
like those usually found. 1t is thought
that San Diego viii be made the, great
whaling port for the Pacific, The
Honolulu customs register specifies
SO whale ships, arrived there for the
year, of which forty-fye were Amer
lean, They had 3,0l4 barrels sperm
oil, 3S,S60 barrels whale oil, and 51S,-
600 pounds bone. There were, tlir-.
teen whalers arrived at San Francisco,
with 10,9l9 barrels oil, Il and l31, 400
pounds, bonesi; Coast whaling has been
vigorously prosecuted. Many whal-i
efs have gone direct to- Panama and
discharged there, on account of the
high prices,at San Francisco. laau.s @
! = The treasure export from San Fran
cisco for the first twenty-one days of
/ the year were So, ,305, $40 25, against
$2,707,S0l 80 last year, a decrease of
| S4O2, ,191 IA this year.Il China and Ja-
| pan book e S753, ,294 49, Sacramento
increased 81 per cent. in population
last wear, and reached 20,268. It's
river trave employs III schooners and
3e steamers, of about 10000 tons
4 in the aggregate. The Central Pacific
r. r. Co. have large workshops there
employing many men, and will soon
b double their force. The experiment
made in WOODEN manufacture succeed
led, and will soon employ S0imen and
.consume 100000 pounds of raw wool
annually. .3tuoG ;lW 9s'uoTimoa
,g Flour and wheat are arriving freely
andtthe market sufferetl.R Oregon has
4 more than she can manage.9a One
: steamer took 600 tons, and as mucl
as would reload her, arrived while she
was loading, the storehouses all being
full. The low prices ruling in Eng
land are affecting the California mar
j kket, where superfne Oregon bring
I $4. % @S5 per barrel. City extra run
: from s5@5 80 per barrel. Wheat i
coming to hand in great quantities, a
I some OF the holders fear fall. -.
The Custom house Receipts to Jan
: .uary both were s2SO,910. 61,Sa decrease
!, of S70,870 90 from last year. Th'
, minining share market was stronger
! The savings banks are receiving large
/, deposits, indicating great popular eas
The value of foreign merchandise i'm
ported at San Francisco in 1868 wa
! SIS, ,13e, ,295; of which Great Britial
sent S5,o4S,15O; France, $3,714634
China s., ,693,615; and the Hawijial
: Islands, $101l,5lO. South Americ
collectively sent but $925,3O9; Contra
America and Mexico, S972,636; am
the German States and Belgium, SS29,
: 941. The olor- or all the informa
: ton is favorable to 4 brisker genera
l business the current spring than las
: year, - ~, .,..f.,. ~ ~