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and loss of each class carried into the table, expressed in 

 carloads of ten tons each. 



Table of Gains and Losses, 1897 and 1898 compared. 

 Carloads of 10 Tons each. 



** Remembering the frost damage in certain localities and 

 injury from drought, where water was not obtained for 

 irrigation, this is certainly a most gratifying result. The 

 increase in citrus fruit cannot fail to challenge notice. 

 The best previous year for this fruit was 1895, when we 

 sent away 11,582 carloads. But 1898 exceeds that year 

 by 6,476 carloads, and 1897 by 8,211 carloads. It is 

 also gratifying to note that of 1898 shipments of oranges 

 589 carloads went from Northern California. Since we 

 commenced to ship oranges from the north, the record 

 stands: 1893, carloads, 4; 1896, carloads, 81 ; 1897, car- 

 loads, 286 ; and last year, 589. Considering that the first 

 oranges to ripen come from the north, and go into home 

 consumption largely, this is an encouraging showing. 



"The increase in raisin shipments over 1897 was 873 

 carloads. The largest previous shipment of raisins was 

 in 1894, being 4,695 carloads; the industry began to 



