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WOOL Rlil'ORT 01- \i. GKISAR & COMPANY, 



FOI! ■pili: YI':AR 1878. 



WOOL PHODUCTION — KtXIKIPTS AT SAN FRANCISCO. 



JainiaiT 1,084 bag.-f. 



February 787 ba^^•. 



March . — -_ 788 lags. 



April .- ■- 15,631 bags. 



May - --- 28,007 bags. 



June — 12,620 bags. 



July 0,472 bags. 



August 4,154 bags. 



Sept<>mber 16,021 bags. 



October - - 25,028 bags. 



November 7,820 bags. 



December . 1,444 bags. 



Total 119,818 bags. 



Of whicli tliere was spring wool, 65,899 bags, weighing 19,769,700 pounds. 



Spring wool shipped direct from the interior 1,.)92,591 pounds. 



Total spring production .- 21,162,291 pounds. 



There was fall wool received, 53,919 bags, weighings 16,175,700 pounds. 



Fall wool shipped direct from the interior 1,274,070 pounds. 



Total fleece wool 38,612,061 pounds. 



Pulled wool shipped direct from San Francisco ^ 2,250,000 pounds. 



Total production of California 40,862,061 pounds. 



On hand December 31st, 1877, about ■_- 1,500.000 pounds. 



Received tVom Oregon, 21 ,518 bags 6,055,400 pounds. 



Foreign wool received, 1,044 bales 334,080 pounds. 



Grand total 48,751,541 pounds. 



EXPORTS. 



Domestic, foreign, pulled, and scoured : 



Per rail, inclusive of shipments from the interior 36,597,625 pounds. 



Per stciiincr, inclusive ot shipments from the coast 495,885 poumls. 



Per sail .. 5,273,107 pounds. 



Total shipments 42,366,617 pounds. 



Value of exports.,- _._ .$7,000,000. 



On hand December 31st, 1878 ^.— 1,400,000 pounds. 



Difference between receipts and exports has been taken by local 

 mills and scouring companies. There is also more wool than usual 

 here, awaiting shipment by sailing vessel. 



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 full effect of the dry season of eighteen hundred and seventy- 

 six, upon the wool production of California, did not become manifest 

 until this year. By reference to the statistics herewith it will be 

 noticed that the clip of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight is one- 

 fifth less than in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and one- 

 (juarter less than eighteen hundred and seventy-six. In this latter 

 year the production reached its maximum, and we think, under the 



