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opened in July at $1.50 to $1.52 per cental, and closed in December at 

 $1.75 to $1.80. 



Oats.— Th& receipts of oats in 1876 were 344,972 centals, or 574,953 

 bushels, against 340,898 centals, or 578,163 bushels, in 1875. The mar- 

 ket in July, ^rith the advent of the new crop, was weak, closing at $1.20 

 © $1.75 per cental, having reached $1.50 © $1.85 in August. With sub- 

 sequent lluctuations, the year closed with quotations at $2.05 © $2.50. 



Barley. — This crop ranks next to wheat in the San Francisco grain - 

 trade, as it does in the cereal production of California. The crop of 

 1876 was the largest ever raised in the State ; its abundance ran down 

 prices to an unprecedentedly low figure. The receipts of 1876 were 

 1,907,953 centals, or 3,179,922 bushels, against 1,023,471 centals, or 

 1,705,785 bushels, in 1875. The receipts were nearly double and the 

 shipments more than double those of the previous year. Toward, the 

 close of the year there was a rise in j^rices, which partially compensated 

 the low rates previously prevailing. California brewing-barley is now 

 shipped to all parts of the civilized world, and the growing demand has 

 made barley -growing one of the most promising agricultural industries 

 of the Pacific coast. The market opened in July at 90 cents per cental, 

 and closed in December at $1.15 «S) $1.40, having had several reactions 

 during the intervening months. The exports of 1876 amounted to 

 357,887 centals, or 586,478 bushels, against 126,188 centals, or 210,313 

 bushels, in 1875. Of the exports, 124,446 centals, or 207,408 bushels, 

 were sent to foreign countries, 179,139 centals, or 298,565 bushels, to 

 New York by sea, and the remainder eastward by rail. The declared 

 value of the shipments for 1876 was $414,481, against $215,984 in 1875. 



The receipts and maritime exports of flour, wheat, oats, and barley 

 for twenty-one and a half harvest years were as follows : 



