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CALIFORNIA. 



a German in education and character, and a 

 scion of the Hohenzollern family, formerly ex- 

 hibited German tendencies, but he has become 

 the submissive vassal of the Czar. "When in- 

 vited to the throne ho was wittily advised by 

 Prince Bismarck to accept, because his reign 

 would be a " pleasant reminiscence." His not 

 ill-intended attempt to govern the independ- 



ent Bulgarians as he would a German regiment 

 has brought him into a position where the 

 bayonets of the militia, officered by Russians, 

 are ah 1 that prevent his people from driving 

 him out of the country, and where a word 

 from the Russian Foreign Office, which may 

 be spoken at any time, would deprive him of 

 his crown. 



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CALIFORNIA. The State officers during 

 the year were as follows: Governor, George 

 C. Perkins (Republican) ; Lieutenant-Govern- 

 or, John Mansfield ; Secretary of State, Dan- 

 iel M. Burns ; Treasurer, John Weil ; Comptrol- 

 ler, D. M. Kenfield ; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, F. M. Campbell; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, Augustus L. Hart ; Surveyor-General, J. 

 W. Shanklin ; State Librarian, R. O. Cravens. 

 The Supreme Court was constituted as follows: 

 Chief -Justice, Robert F. Morrison; Associate 

 Justices, M. H. Myrick, G. W. McKinstry, G. 

 W. Ross, J. D. Thornton, J. R. Sharpstein, and 

 S. B. McKee. 



STATISTICS. The State tax levy, as fixed by 

 the State Board of Equalization for 1882, is 

 based upon a property valuation of $582,158,- 

 981, or $51,420,696 less than that of 1881, 

 which was $633,579,677. For 1882 the tax 

 rate was 59 '6 cents on each $100 of assessed 

 valuation. This was divided for the funds as 

 follows : For the general fund, 27'8 cents; for 

 the schools, 24*3 cents ; and for the interest 

 and sinking fund, 7*5 cents. The tax levy for 

 1881 was 65-5 cents. 



According to the report of the State Comp- 

 troller, dated February 18th, the securities 

 held in trust for the school fund by the State 

 Treasurer consisted of bonds of the State of 

 California, amounting to $1,737,500, together 

 with bonds of different counties of the State, 

 aggregating $251,900. 



The money in the State Treasury belonging 

 to the State school fund, subject to apportion- 

 ment, was $1,483,413, as follows: 



Balance unapportioned August 18, 1981 



Amount received from the following sources 

 since last apportionment : 



From property-tax 1,215,408 05 



From poll-tax 157,311 45 



From interest on State school-lands 42,590 71 



From interest on bonds held in trust 68,102 83 



Total $1,483,474 00 



Less amount refunded to Sun Joaqmin County 

 for an overpayment of interest 81 00 



Total amount subject to apportionment. . . .$1,483,413 00 



This was apportioned among the counties 

 according to the number of children therein 

 between the ages of five and seventeen years, 

 which for the whole State was 211,237. The 

 California wheat-crop of 1882 has been esti- 

 mated at 29,590,500 centals, as against 34,150,- 

 000 centals for 1880 and 19,801,000 centals in 



1879. The surplus for export will be abont 

 1,111,315 tons, which will require over 550 

 ships of 2,000 tons each to carry away. This, 

 at $35 per ton, would amount to nearly $39,- 

 000,000. 



A comparison of the statistics at hand for 

 the last five years 1877 to 1881, inclusive 

 shows the following values of the agricultural 

 and mining products and exports of California 

 for that period : 



Wheat value of exports $90,806,856 



Flour value of exports 14,178,898 



Barley value of exports by sea 2,126,582 



Total for five years $107,111,336 



Precious metals product $91,582,995 



Quicksilver value of product 10,987.632 



Coal value of product 4,464,662 



Total for five years $107,035,289 



In the above statement the values of the 

 wheat, flour, and barley consumed in the State 

 are not noted, as there are no accurate data 

 by which to estimate them. The wheat and 

 barley used for seed purposes form, of course, 

 no element in such a comparison. 



The merchandise and produce exports from 

 San Francisco by sea during the twelve months 

 ending December 31, 1881, were as follows: 



1881. 



Great Britain $28,719,868 



New York ... 5,434,123 



Hawaiian Islands 2,636,995 



Mexico 2,515,382 



Belgium 2,414,420 



Germany '. 90,774 



Australia 816,646 



New Zealand 185,980 



New Bedford 100,600 



France 1,977,091 



Central America 739,705 



Cape Town 127,414 



British Columbia 1,180,643 



China and Hong-Kong. 



Japan 



Panama 



South America 



Cape de Verd Islands . . 



Society Islands 



East Indies 



Islands in the Pacific... 

 Eussian Asia 



5,229,284 



96,749 

 84,799 



877,791 

 19,804 

 46,684 



120,445 



Total $53,546,196 



The total value for 1880 was $34,686,759, for 

 1879 the value was $36,941,668, and $33,993,- 

 551 for 1878. 



The number of through passengers by the 

 Central and Southern Pacific Railroads was as 



