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arrival of the first ship of that line, the J. Bertram. 

 During six years there were two hundred and seven ships, 

 three hundred and forty-five thousand, three hundred and 

 ninety-eight tons of goods — the amount of freight being 

 $5,965,802.14. In one year, four ships arrived in a 

 single month. In 1859 Messrs. Flint, Peabody & Co. 

 received a full cargo of flour from Boston, six thousand, 

 five hundred barrels, which paid a fair freight. In 1869, 

 during the six months from July to December 31. the 

 shipments from San Francisco of wheat and flour were 

 equal to one million, six hundred thousand barrels. The 

 same year the wool clip of California was fifteen million 

 pounds, all of fine quality. The value and destination of 

 treasure shipped from San Francisco in sixteen years, 

 from 1854 to 1869, are as follows : — 



The duties on imports in 1859 were $8,339,384.14. 

 The value of mining stocks sold at the broker's board at 

 San Francisco the same year was thirty millions. During 

 the past year only two ships loaded in Boston for San 

 Francisco. 



In 1854 the amount of gold mined had been $15,000,- 

 000 ; sixteen years later, it had increased to nearly 

 $725,000,000. 



In 1859, sixty-five hundred barrels of flour were im- 

 ported into San Francisco from Boston; in 1869, wheat 

 and flour equivalent to one million, six hundred thousand 

 barrels were exported from San Francisco, and in 1873 

 the wheat crop of California was equal to eight million 

 barrels of flour. 



