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XI. Area, 87 ; statistics of census of 1870, 

 population, school attendance, 87; illiteracy, 

 mortality, 87; valuation, 87; agriculture, Indi- 

 ans, 88 ; finances, 88 ; new capitol, 88 ; educa- 

 tion, 88 ; charitable institutions, 88 ; industry, 

 wine-product, beet-sugar, 88, 89 ; silk culture, 

 89; traffic on Pacific Railroad, 89; politics, 

 89; unpopularity of Governor Haight, 89; 

 Democratic nominations and platform, 90, 91 ; 

 resolutions of Labor party, 91 ; nominees and 

 platform of Republicans, 91, 92 ; election re- 

 turns, 92; Chinese testimony, 92; mobbing 

 Chinese in Los Angeles, 92 ; action of grand- 

 jury on, 92, 93 ; meeting of Legislature, 93 ; 

 valedictory of Governor Haight, 93 ; election 

 of United States Senator, 93 ; legislative acts, 

 93, 94 ; revised code, 94 ; culture of tea, olives, 

 almonds, figs, and pomegranates, 6; earth- 

 quakes, 339, 340. 



XII. . Immigration, 79 ; area under cultiva- 

 tion, 79 ; mining, 79 ; wool crop, 79 ; grape 

 crop, 80 ; production of wine and brandy, 80 ; 

 production of wheat, 80 ; wheat farms, 80 ; 

 cultivation of cotton, 80; irrigation, 80; 

 means of transportation, 80 ; railroads, 81 ; 

 earnings and expenses of railroads, 81 ; rates 

 of fare, 81 ; taxes paid on railroad property, 

 81 ; contest about Goat Island, 81 ; excitement 

 in San Francisco, 81 ; appointment of a com- 

 mittee of One Hundred to protect the interests 

 of the city, 82 ; resolutions adopted, 82 ; agree- 

 ment between the contending parties, 83 ; 

 steps by the Committee of One Hundred in 

 favor of completing lines of communication 

 with the Eastern States, 84 ; connection with 

 St. Louis, 84; Republican Convention, 84; 

 resolutions, 84; Democratic Convention and 

 resolutions, 84;- Republican electoral ticket 

 and platform, 84; mass meeting of German 

 citizens, 85 ; resolutions adopted, 85 ; new pro- 

 portionment proposed, 85 ; Insane Asylum, 

 85 ; resolutions of the Legislature concerning 

 Indian outrages in Arizona, 85, 86 ; results of 

 the election, 86 ; statistics of manufactures, 

 86 ; of churches, 86 ; of libraries, 86 ; of news- 

 papers, 86 ; the earthquake in, 267 ; beet-sug- 

 ar, 4, 5 ; irrigation in, 7. 



XIII. Area, 82; population, 82; private 

 property, 82 ; amount of arable land, 83 ; Eu- 

 ropean immigration, 83 ; immigration of Chi- 

 nese, Japanese, and Malays, 83 ; leading indus- 

 tries, 83 ; products peculiar to the State, 83 ; 

 variety of resources, 83 ; growth of material 



wealth, 83 ; grain-exports, 83 ; gold and silver 

 mines, 83 ; manufactures, 83 ; railroad system, 

 83; opposition to freight-charges, 83; elec- 

 tions, 83 ; message of the Governor, 84 ; 

 finances of the State, 85 ; statistics of the 

 schools, 85 ; University of California, 85 ; 

 report of Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, 86 ; 

 insane asylums, 86 ; State-prison, 86 ; State 

 Geological Survey, 86 ; grant of the Yosemite 

 Valley for a public park, 87 ; views of Chinese 

 immigration, 87 ; control of inland waters, 87 ; 

 charges against the railroad companies, 88 ; 

 increase of savings-banks, 88 ; massacre by 

 Modoc Indians, 88; treatment of the Klamath 

 Indians, 88 ; reclamation of swamp-lands, 88. 



XIV. Subjects of legislation, 100 ; rail- 

 roads, 100; amendments to the constitution 

 proposed, 100; revision of the school laws, 

 101 ; school fund, 101 ; local option law, 101 ; 

 decision of the courts, 101 ; State Temperance 

 Convention, 103 ; resolutions, 103 ; explora- 

 tions in California, 103; Death Valley, 104; 

 coinage, 104. 



XV. Boundaries, 95 ; value of property, 

 95 ; taxation, 95 ; revenue and expenditures, 

 95 ; debt, 95 ; delinquent taxes, 95 ; State 

 Capitol, 96 ; insurance companies, 96 ; savings- 

 banks, 96 ; State-prison, 96 ; death-penalty, 96 ; 

 Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 96 ; university, 97 ; 

 State lands, 96; immigration, 97; Republican 

 Convention and platform, 98; People's Inde- 

 pendent party Convention and platform, 99, 

 100 ; Democratic Convention and platform, 

 101 ; Temperance Reform Convention, 101 ; 

 results of the election, 101 ; the question of a 

 constitutional convention, 102; amendments 

 to the constitution prepared, 102 ; session of 

 the State Grange, 102 ; views of the Governor 

 on irrigation, 102 ; suspension of the Bank of 

 California, 103 ; decision of the court on the 

 tax levy, 103; decision on the education of 

 colored children, 104. 



CAMERON, Captain JOHN, police officer. XIII. 

 Obituary of, 558. 



CAMERON, SIMON. I. Letters to General 

 Butler about contrabands, 641 ; and fugitives, 

 642, 643 ; instructions to General T. W. Sher- 

 man about fugitive slaves, 644; remarks in 

 response to Colonel Cochrane, 645. 



II. Resigns as Secretary of War, 82 ; ar- 

 rested on process of a court, 511. 



XIII. Senator from Pennsylvania, 137 ; on 

 the increase of salaries, 160. 



