488 



of ♦lomet'tic wines from that port to New York from the begiuuing of 

 IS68 to about the Ist of July of the current year, were 848,037 gallons 

 of all grades. Of this quantity the United Anaheim Wine-Growers' 

 Association shipped 237, (JOO gallons. G. Groezinger's shipments aver- 

 aged $40,000 per annum, and the proportions were two-thirds white or 

 hook, and one-third port, angelica, sherry, muscatel, &c. The usual 

 prices charged were, for white or hoctk, 50 to 70 cents ])er gallon ; ]>ort, 

 $1 25 to 81 50; angelica, $1 to 81 25; sweet muscatel, $1 to 81 50; 

 sherry, 81 to 81 50, I. Landsberger & Co. shipped 2,500 cases of cham- 

 ])agne, 4,000 cases and 40,000 gallons assorted, besides 250 cases of wine 

 bitteis. Koliler & Frohling shipped about 120,000 gallons. The Lake 

 Vineyard Wine Com])any consigned 45,577 gallons of port, 24,820 gal- 

 lons of angelica, 40,353 gallons of white, 31,147 gallons of claret, 4,071 

 gallons of sherry, 8,758 gallons of grape brandy, &c. There were sev- 

 eral smaller shippers whose consignments are included in the grand 

 total above given. 



Califokma Cotton". — xV scientific expert in cotton states that the 

 cotton grown from Alabama seed in Merced County, California, this 

 year, compares favorably with Brazilian and Egyptian cotton, and is 

 .superior to the best southern upland for spinning ])urposes. He 

 asserts that the etiects of the dry and equable climate of California is 

 an improvement in the staple yielded from the same seed as plante<l 

 upon southern uplands. There are large sections of the State well 

 adai>ted to this culture. 



Chinese Immigkation. — According to data on record there were but 

 11 arrivals of Chinamen in this country between 1820 and 1840, and only 

 35 in the following decade. From 1851 to 1860 there were 41,397, and 

 from 1861 to 1868 there were 41,214 arrivals. In 1869 there were 14,902, 

 and for the first six months of the current year, 7,340. The aggregate 

 thus far, 105,744. Allowing for deaths and for those returned to China, 

 it would appear that there are now considerably less that 100,000 Chi- 

 namen ill this country. The rate of increase for the last four years has 

 been as follows: in 1867 the number was 3,519; in 1868, 6,707; in 1869, 

 12,874; and in 1870, 15,710. The total arrivals of females to June 30. 

 1870, were 2,144. 



A Suggestive P^xrEiioiEKT. — One of the largest wheat-growers in 

 California has avoided the expense of commission, tolls, storage, &c., 

 by shipping his wheat direct to Liverpool. He chartered a ship which 

 was hauled in at the end of the Central Pacific Eailroad wharf at Oak- 

 lajid, and in a few hours 1,200 tons of grain were brought alongside and 

 stowed, and the vessel returned to the stream ready for her voyage, 

 without having incurred any wharfage charges. 



The Great Wyoming Coal Belt. — We continue to receive favor- 

 able accounts of the immense undeveloped coal-fields of Wyoming Terri- 

 tory, extending along the line of the Pacific llailroad a distance of 

 about three hundred miles. One vein has been opened and worked dur- 

 ing the past season, and the product is said to compare favorably with 

 that of any western mine now in operation. It is claimed that it is a 

 better article than Lehigh coal for making steam, for domestic use, for 

 locomotive and for smelting puri)0se8, and for gas maiuifacture. In the 

 lulls north and east of these vast coal deposits are layers of clay, iron, 

 and stone, yielding about 39 per cent, of metallic iron. The ore is re- 

 markable for the large amount of lime it contains, which obviates the 

 necessity of using other flux, and leaves the ore in an unusually porous 

 a.nd fusible condition by means of the expulsion of carbonic acid gas in 

 «iic.J» great quantities. A few miles further east, and on the Weber 



