384 Transactions of the 



in this port two hundred and one steamers and thirty sailing vessels, 

 with an aggregate tonnage of one hundred and ninety-nine thousand 

 three hundred and twenty-two tons. The freight landed, exclusive of 

 lumber, has been seventeen thousand three hundred and eighty-five tons; 

 of lumber, two million five hundred and seventy-eight thousand two 

 hundred and one feet; lath, four hundred and seventy-seven thousand 

 eight hundred; shakes, two hundred thousand one hundred and seventy- 

 five; shingles, six hundred and ten thousand. 



Only one vessel load of the surplus wheat has as yet been shipped, but 

 a very large proportion of the balance is now in the warehouses. The 

 shipments of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to December eigh- 

 teenth, have been as follows: hone}', three hundred and sixty six thou- 

 sand eight hundred and eighty-eight pounds; beeswax, two thousand 

 seven hundred and ninety-five pounds; wool, seven hundred and sixty- 

 six thousand and nine pounds; early potatoes, nineteen thousand three 

 hundred and twelve pounds ; dried fish, one hundred and sixty-five 

 thousand live hundred pounds; flour, seventy-nine thousand pounds; 

 salt, one hundred and seven thousand pounds; tallow, eight thousand 

 five hundred and ninety pounds; castor beans, thirty thousand pounds; 

 wine, sixty thousand and forty-seven gallons; whale oil, twenty-one 

 thousand six hundred gallons; dry hides, eight thousand four hundred 

 and thirty-one; salt hides, three hundred and fifteen bundles; skins and 

 pelts, ninety-four bundles. The Goodall, Nelson <fc Perkins agency hero 

 has kept no record of shipments, but as their steamer departures alter- 

 nate with the coast line of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the esti- 

 mate should be made accordingly. The shipment of gold bullion up to 

 the seventh of December, as reported by Wells, Fargo & Co., has been 

 two hundred and twenty-eight thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars 

 and seventy-five cents; of this about forty thousand dollars has come 

 from Lower California. In addition to the above, there have been large 

 amounts taken by private parties. 



• POPULATION, WEALTH. ETC. 



The population of the city is between four and five thousand. During 

 the past year the county has increased in population more than the city, 

 the inducements for agricultural pursuits having drawn a great many 

 thither, and yet there are very few vacant dwellings in the city, and 

 these few of the poorer class. There are over one thousand business 

 and dwelling houses in the city. 



The assessed valuation of the city in eighteen hundred and seventy- 

 four was one million three hundred and eighty-nine thousand two hun- 

 dred and eight dollars. As there was no separate city assessment until 

 eighteen hundred and seventy-two, there are no figures on which to base 

 a comparison prior to that time, but as the land on which a large pro- 

 portion of the above assessment was levied was sold in eighteen hundred 

 and sixty-seven for about four hundred dollars, it will be seeu that the 

 increase in actual wealth must have been very rapid. 



CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



The city is divided into three school districts. 



San Diego District (Old Town) has the best school building in the 

 count}^ — a good two-story building. Teachers — Miss Honora Carroll, 

 Grammar Department; Miss Kate Carroll, Primary Department. Total 



