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vidnals who may thus be induced to settle and improve it, but to the 

 State at large. In order that this matter may be correctly understood, 

 and that it may be fulty discussed, we deemed it proper to say thus 

 much, and to insert a copy of the bill referred to in this record of the 

 Society's transactions : 



A. 1ST ACT 



TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION OF AGRICULTURAL 

 AND OTHER STATISTICS OF THE STATE. 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, 



do enact as follows : 



Section 1. It is hereby made the duty of each County, District, and 

 Township Assessor in this State, at the time of listing or assessing the 

 property in his county, district, or township annually, to ascertain the 

 number of acres of land improved and occupied' for agricultural pur- 

 poses during the preceding year, and the value thereof; the number of 

 acres of mineral land, and the kinds of mineral known to be contained 

 therein, and the probable value thereof; the number of acres in natural 

 and in cultivated grasses or grain for hay, and the number of tons each 

 of cultivated natural wild oats and natural hay produced; the number 

 of acres of wheat, and the number of bushels; the number of acres in 

 barley, and the number of bushels raised; the number of acres in oats, 

 (other than for hay,) and the number of bushels raised ; the number of 

 acres in rye, and the number of bushels raised; the number of acres in 

 maize or Indian corn, and the number of bushels raised; the number of 

 acres in buckwheat, and the number of bushels raised; the number of 

 acres in beans, and the number of bushels raised ; the number of acres 

 of peas, and the number of bushels raised ; the number of acres in pota- 

 toes, and the number of bushels raised ; the number of acres of onions, 

 and the number of bushels raised; the number of acres in cabbage, and 

 the number of tons raised; the number of acres in carrots, and the 

 number of tons raised; the number of acres in mangel wurzel, beets, 

 and turnips, and the number of tons raised; the number of acres in 

 pumpkins, and the number of tons raised; the number of acres of mel- 

 ons, and the value of the crop; the number of acres in sorghum, and 

 the number of gallons of syrup made; the number of acres in market 

 gardens, and the value of the crops; the number of acres in tobacco, 

 and the number of pounds of cured tobacco made ; the number of acres 

 in hemp, and the tons of hemp made; the number of acres of flax, and 

 the tons of flax made; the number of grape vines in bearing, and the 

 number not in bearing; the total number of pounds of grapes raised, 

 and the number of gallons of wine and of pounds of raisins made; the 

 number of each of the following trees and vines in bearing, and the 

 number of each not in bearing, and the value of the product of each 

 kind, to wit : apple, peach, pear, plum, prune, cherry, quince, apricot, 

 nectarine, fig, olive, almond, walnut, chestnut, filbert, orange, lemon, 

 lime, pomegranate, mulberry, raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry, cur- 

 rant, and strawberry; the number of hives of bees, and number of 

 pounds of honey made; the number of horses; of mules; of asses; of 

 work oxen; of milk cows; of other horned cattle; of sheep; of hogs; 

 of goats; of fowls; of turkeys; of ducks; of geese; of pounds of wool 



