EULKLEY, HENRY D. 



CALIFORNIA. 



vacancy of the throne, and to apply to the Im- 

 perial Government of Germany for a guar- 

 antee of their measures. In a rescript dated 

 May 9, 1871, the state ministry of Brunswick 

 replied that a legal uncertainty as to the right 

 of succession did not exist, and that the fun- 

 damental laws of the country up to 1832, and 

 the family agreements, were now, as before, 

 valid. The ministry denied that the situation 

 was in any way changed by the dethronement 

 of the Guelphic house of Hanover, and only 

 thought it desirable that provisions should be 

 made for the temporary administration of the 

 duchy, in case the lawful successor should be 

 prevented from entering at once upon the 

 government. It proposed, therefore, that the 

 Diet should appoint a committee which might 

 further discuss the important question with 

 the Government. The Diet then proposed to 

 the Government to ask the German Emperor, 

 in the case of a vacancy of the throne, to take 

 charge of the Government of the duchy to the 

 time when the lawful successor of the present 

 duke would be installed. The Diet and the 

 Government were unable to agree upon any fur- 

 ther steps. In.December, 1872, the Government 

 officially notified the Diet that according to tfye 

 will of the duke, and the family laws of the 

 ducal house, the ex-King of Hanover, or his 

 son, would inherit the duchy. The organ of 

 Prince Bismarck at once severely attacked the 

 decree of the Brunswick Government, and at 

 the close of the year 1872 the Brunswick suc- 

 cession question was considerably agitating 

 the diplomatic world. It was believed that 

 the Prussian Government would favor the suc- 



cession of one of the sons of Queen Victoria to 

 the vacant throne. 



BULKLEY, HENRY DAGGETT, M. D., a phy- 

 sician and author of New York City : born in 

 New Haven, Conn., April 20, 1803; died 

 in New York City, January 4, 1872. He 

 was fitted for college in his native city, and 

 graduated from Yale College, in 1821. He 

 was engaged in mercantile pursuits in New 

 York City for six or seven years after grad- 

 uation, and then returned to New Haven 

 to study medicine under Dr. Knight. He re- 

 ceived the degree of M. D. in 1830, and soon 

 after went to Europe for further advantages, 

 and spent some time in the hospitals of Paris, 

 studying cutaneous diseases. He began prac- 

 tice in New York City in November, 1832, and 

 his clientage, which was early a large one, 

 continued to increase until his decease. He 

 was especially an authority in cutaneous med- 

 icine, and one of the first in the country to 

 lecture on these disorders, delivering several 

 courses of lectures in the College of Physicians 

 and Surgeons, and the first to establish a dis- 

 pensary in New York City for their treatment. 

 Besides his connection with several other dis- 

 pensaries, he was appointed in 1848 attending 

 physician to the New York Hospital, which 

 position he held until his death. He occupied 

 at different times the presidential chairs of the 

 New York Academy of Medicine, the New 

 York County Medical Society, etc. In 1846 

 and in 1852 he published editions of Caze- 

 nave and SchSdel, on "Diseases of the Skin," 

 and in 1851 edited Gregory on "Eruptive 

 Fevers." 



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CALIFORNIA appears to advance in mate- 

 rial prosperity, and the condition of her af- 

 fairs shows a marked increase and expansion. 



The number of immigrants, for permanent 

 settlement within her boundaries, is considered 

 as less by far than her climate and the vastness 

 and variety of her resources seem to entitle 

 her to. No State in the Union is better known 

 abroad as a place inviting immigration, al- 

 though this knowledge is connected chiefly 

 with her mines of precious metals. This scan- 

 tiness of immigration, as compared with the 

 almost steady tide pouring into other States of 

 the Union, less favored by Nature, is attributed 

 to a want of care on the part of the State her- 

 self, as she has not appointed Special Commis- 

 sioners for that purpose, nor agents, to reside 

 at the proper ports. 



Within an area embracing 120,000,000 acres, 

 or about four times as much as the State of New 

 York there are, in California, some 40,000,000 

 acres of arable land; of which, accordingto the 

 report of the Surveyor-General, 2,670,671 acres 

 were under cultivation in 1870. This number 

 was increased to about 2,800,000 in 1872. 



Mining, agriculture, and the raising of sheep 

 for wool, are the chief objects of industry in 

 the State. The product of the mines this 

 year, owing to an abundant supply of water, 

 which allowed them to be more extensively 

 worked, and new ones started, is set down 

 at $25,000,000. This is considerably more 

 than during several preceding years. This 

 interest, which engrossed the attention of the 

 people in the State almost exclusively at first, 

 and continued for many a year to be their 

 chief occupation, has steadily declined since 

 the opening of the mines in Nevada, though 

 these also are mostly worked on account of 

 people residing in San Francisco. They re- 

 gard the gold-crop gathered in both places as 

 one. The yield in Nevada, whose population 

 is reckoned at 41,836, has been increasing of 

 late in very remarkable proportions. From 

 $13,000,000 in 1*869, it grew to more than $25,- 

 000,000 in 1871, and is set down at $40,000,000 

 in 1872. 



The wool-crop, in 1872, is placed at 25,000,- 

 000 pounds ; and its return in money at $10,- 

 000,000. 



