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WOOL REPORT OF E. GRISAR & CO. 



FOR THE YEAR 1877. 



WOOL PRODUCTION. 



January •"> lo bags. 



February ^ 338 bags. 



March.". 8,948 bags. 



April 34,386 bags. 



May 30,523 bags. 



Juiie 11,924 bags. 



July 3,777 bags. 



August . 6,674 bags. 



September 14,381 bags. 



October 26,6 79 bags. 



November 14,408 bags. 



December 3,182 bags. 



Total 155,760 bags. 



Of which there was spring wool, 90,895 bags, weighing 27.068,500 pounds. 



Spring wool shipped direct from the interior 2,291,940 pounds. 



Total sprint; production 29,360,440 pounds. 



There was fall wool received, 62,865 bags, weighing 20,431,125 pounds. 



Fall wool shipped direct from the interior 569,177 pounds. 



Total fleece of wool 50,360,742 pounds. 



Pulled wool shipped direct from San Francisco 2,750,000 pounds. 



Total production of California 53,110,740 pounds. 



On hand December 31st, 1877, about 3,500,000 pounds. 



Received from Oregon, 16,417 bags 4,929,675 pounds. 



Foreign wool received, 2,047 bales 685,100 pounds. 



Grand total 62,225,515 pounds. 



EXPORTS. 



Domestic, foreign, pulled, and scoured : 



Per rail, inclusive of shipments from the interior 44,961,919 pounds. 



Per steamer, inclusive of shipments from the coast 395,154 pounds. 



Per sail 7,509,216 pounds. 



Total shipments 52,866,289 pounds. 



Value of exports $9,500,000. 



On hand December 31st, 1877 1,500,000 pounds. 



Difference between receipts and exports has been taken by local 

 mills. 



The weights of receipts and exports are gross. The usual tare of 

 bags received is about three pounds each ; on pressed bales, shipped, 

 fourteen to sixteen pounds each. 



The difference between receipts and exports is larger than formerly, 

 on account of the opening of several new scouring companies, which 

 has increased the shipment of scoured wool. 



During the past year the wool growing interest of California has 

 received a very decided check, owing to the paucity of rain falling 

 during eighteen hundred and seventy-six-eighteen hundred and 

 seventy-seven, and the consequent failure of the grass crop, especially 



