, 1873-01-29
Total, qrs 1.olsas1 1,l1a,os9 1,osa5ss COZ, ,s15

l. CALIFORNIA.
In its annual review OF the trade aud con,
| nerce OF San Francisco, the footings Of which
| 30 published day OK two ago, the Commercial
Herald says: =:
The totais show gain Of 100 per cent over the
1861 1860, and 1870. aad Of 40 Fer cent 1871 Ou,
maritime commerce has notably increased, the gain
With England being over 81, 100000: with Japan S.
es ceas 1s:ass Tr.as e %'{s BAY. ss
Belgium, Peru, etc., shows slight Decline Our heav
lest tmportations vere from China, reaching over
0oo Tho largest quantity Of free goods vas received
from China, Al raw Silk cotton, silk-worm eggs, ETC.,
etc. arc on the free st Imports from japan inciude
Il, treasure sent here BY the Japaese Gov
ernent to be converted into gold bars and returned
whence Il came The largret amount Of dnthblo goods
Chtna.
no hare imported us follows: OF sugar to the value
& fiee k xea S3ass sss
1914 900; and chemicals Of different varieties S3
The amount brought in foreign bottoms was valued at
eaer saa p.11 Tss ops
By the steamship limo 70 Japan and China. Another
xesy Talusbo I 1n1ias M to ONT maritime commerce Is
The amount Of freight sent overland in 1874 was
5,cs3 sos pounds against e4,ao5o45 pounds in 1871
rsteral change. Frona San Jose the iacrcase was
ee0 oo0 pounds; Stockton, 40 900 pounds; and Marys-
Wills eco goo pounds Of which 900 pounds were
wheat. Sacramento shows decrease OF 1.100, 600
pounds Although our iupo-tat!ons in 1874 were
on largely Increased scale; our market Ia by no
not IN s,rfcted condition, Which goes 10 show very
great extension In the field of consumption whia It
strongly Indicates that our population is increaaing
quite rapidly and our interior trade has undergone
largo expansion.
We take this occasion to compare our whe.t crop
G H. II s T. Wsa
900 bushels, snd for Illinois, IL Al 100 bushels. which
confessedy smaller Wills the California crop ,or 1s;S
in not less than 600 0 bushea, aud estimated hy
aone authorities 1t 300 bushels, which places
this State at the head Of tie Lat-
THE Trade OF aREIT BR1rAr5.
The London Ne1cs Of the Btu makes tho fol-
loving brief review: "
Tho Board of Trada rcturns for 1872 con!2tn the
record Of quite the CREATES: year Of English coln-
year. in rannd n9bess. Is :s1ooouoo sn e exeess cess
Of fifty millions upon the total Of the previous year
and OF one hundred millions uroa lie total Of 1870
and though part Of the increase ia only apparent
account Of the rise In prices there is nevertheless
'asss =. enough real ~, incrssse Of transactions
our commercial progress. Our shipping trade espe-
cay has Largely incseatsd Last year thc entries and
tries amounted to 37147eo9 tons tne corresrondur
sures in ISL being so2 0co tons, and in the s-..
previous 81 Coo sone. There is thus evidence Of
large increase in our 1ausactdons that thc abafe
Increase in the totas Of tr=de is certainly more
han nominal 1t ia tnterestingto to look 1t the chief
heads Of our comercc-what we send to foreign coun
ries and what Ne take from them III return Gotten
IT'LL continues to huld tts pre-eminencc Is our chief
lrticle Of export Our whole exports last year ]
i cotton yarn snd manufacturoa vas Eso1as.poo or
'ery nearly or.-third. Next on the list comes our
export Of woollen yssa and manufactures, which |
mounted to E38 $4,000, than ouc-seyenth Of
ur entte export trade Our exports OF iron and stee,
Re nearly IS tmportaut, amounting to Ec6 oGD 900 and
lond ws ne,ped 9pa t19 7shns e og amounting S to
e1n is that Of coaI, which stand. for rah1
larger item &han usual On secoun. Of the 1.ss IN price.