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erful argument in favor of the establishment of a steamship line to that 

 country" and calls for the consideration of the matter by the Govern- 

 ment. With proper management, the increased demand for ourstaplo 

 products in the Chinese and Japanese countries will insure for California 

 a constant and remunerative market for all her surplus products. 



For some years to come we must also supply, in addition to an in- 

 creased home demand in our own mines, the greater portion of necessa- 

 ries consumed in Nevada Territory. These facts present no mean pros- 

 pect for the California farmer : 



Where to. 



1861. 



1S62. 



1S63. 



New York and Boston 



Great Britain 



Australia 



China 



Mexico 



Peru 



Hawaiian Islands 



British Columbia 



Other countries 



Totals 



$1,283,381 



2,744,537 



1,078,118 



566,860 



453,953 



158,774 



42,527 



71,315 



396,283 



5,795,758 



$2,465,831 

 1,296,889 

 287,975 

 589,907 

 539,927 

 216,276 

 47,135 

 373,611 

 394,237 



$2,879,897 



1,620,812 



398,417 



1,010,031 



560,312 



162,094 



66,930 



260,746 



249,449 



$6,211,788 



$7,208,289 



Including our exports of treasure, the entire exports of the produc- 

 tions of the State, during the past three years, may be classified as fol- 

 lows : 



The above would be a very gratifying exhibit but for the fact that so 

 large a portion of it is the product of the mine, much of which is ex- 

 ported to pay for articles imported which we should produce within our 

 own borders. Take, for instance, the article of butter. It would seem 

 that with the number of stock we have in our State we ought to very 

 nearly supply our market with that article, and yet the facts are that 

 we have imported during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, 

 seventy-two thousand two hundred and forty firkins, at one hundred 

 pounds each, making seven million two hundred and tweny-four thousand 



