STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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CALIFORNIA WINE INTEREST 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, ARPAD HARASZTHY, BEFORE THE 

 STATE VINICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I have to congratulate you upon the very large and wholesome 

 increase of your exports, both of wines and brandies, during the past 

 year, as well as the upward tendency of eastern prices. The first six 

 months of the present year we have already sent abroad, by sea and 

 rail, 1,125,409 gallons of wine, and 81,345 gallons of brandy. And, 

 from present appearances, it is more than probable that we will, 

 before the year ends, send out of the State 1,500,000 more gallons of 

 wine and 60,000 gallons more of brandy. 



As to the consumption of wine within our State, it is almost 

 impossible to ascertain its exact amount. It cannot, however, be 

 less than 2,000,000 gallons per annum, and may even reach 3,000,000. 

 One thing is certain — San Francisco and its immediate surroundings 

 now uses over 1,000,000 gallons annually. For a better understand- 

 ing of the growth of this trade, I will cite the following tables, begin- 

 ning from the year 1875, and taken from my printed statement to the 

 Chamber of Commerce: 



WINE EXPORTS, BY SEA AND RAIL. 



A detailed examination shows an increased exportation for the 

 first six months of 1879 over the same six months of 1878, of nearly 

 300,000 gallons; and further, that the increase for the first half of the 

 year 1879 is equal to the total increase of export of the entire year 

 1878 over that of 1877. 



Our brandy exports, by sea and rail, were as follows: 



