< AUKnKMA. 



N 



harbor at Baa 



' contemplated is a stone breakwater bs 

 >in the shore and exiead- 



',1 lit... *P> u.-r,,ia 



degree* curve aout l,Nm f.^t : thence in a rtraight 



n l.ill carried large 

 i eipended t M.ir- 

 .1 part was for dredging and work 

 the *ea wall. 



about $80.000 fur im- 



:i J< 



wbl 



un".at men. 

 Mi., i. the. report of < harks G. 



*tician of the branch mi. 

 in 1H98 precious mruN t.. tl,- value of $1?.- 

 ;.. 7U was gold, an.l 

 .npaml with the |.r 

 rt. these figures show an 



^oi.i.an.i a .locrtass of $177,883.! 



which have bam * soaroa 



ll 



I i 



r U 



BJ i ; r . -i..-mg $1.000.000 or 

 ! fn.ni th- I . WITH, the new 



rithfUBl 



*e prtxli 

 aintains 



t in growth. \*i 



: : 



se of tin- <! 



i.ljicnl th,. t,,tal ti.-lil ..f gold ttt $I-V 



luised 



his estimates on t In- l.-i 



and assay offices, identiii.-.! 

 at tin- ti .*it as 



;in<l ffii. ,rts re- 



from privm. njr works in 



iled StateH, ^ 



TVS iniii. -I in California in 

 It i- rlnimnl that -\i-n i ho larger flgnras 

 fail topv,. fui! I, ami fall 



Kisburg district in th.- uth continues to 



iiors and prw|MH-tor>t, and rich strikes 



u-vn n-|H.rt-l at oth.-r i*. Iv in Trin- 



Jay 

 rth nlH.ut - 



fniiiid in tin- ^ 



with the |Milil> i 'nlu- 



Terai I. which wa rv|.rt. 



weighed 195 |n- . and to have been worth 



ore than 



ml |ro,K >! is 



as $34.291.398. The minerals whose ralue 

 a.Mdi fnmi ^n|i|. 

 -r. $1 

 - 



$.110.241: of 

 $888.900: of nunrnil 



-|rt of the tf.M r.; .-ral- 



Ojrirt pirc^ th,- f..ll..wini; H 



- in operation in California TM milU 

 and 109 arastras. Thcve milU rontain .: 

 an average of a litt I. nill. "Die 



total niiinU-r ' in uso in 7 



an work -riritv. :WM) l.y water. 185 



by steam. 2 by gas. 4 by gasoline, and 8 by bone 



mines were opened in March at Corral 

 low. 88 miles from Stockton. The N 



prospected for 5 miles, and to a ,!, ,.t h of 800 

 f.-. 



- te Minen^ Convention mot in San Fran- 

 Cisco in October. J. II. Neff was elected president 



M4.740; ,.f 



Oxthtafm. It was resolved that measures be 

 laas mad win 



.lapproatiatloaifor 

 the navi- 



ilhout uijur% to the streams t 



.MM* 



sat the 





 nih 



I8M 



; 



. 



The following uUk of 



iB the SUlr rrr 



a otrsais was about 10 per csoL 



ft. The wheat erop 0/1898 ia 



.. ., 



- ' "' '" '' ' 



ia Hour and wbeat to thr . 





! 







,..,;.,....,. , ; , ;.., 



....,. 



. . 

 - 



raiur iiiir 





han nominal 



m to rrach out modi 

 in 1898 is stated at 64^00.- 



In 



mand 



farther West t 

 beet sugar in th 



The total pack of fruit in 



xiO cans, aa increase of at 

 least a third orer that of 1898. 



It in j*ail that a ci? . - .nU R**a hat fband 



a im-th.xl for i-i.-lucing at small cost a good sub- 

 .stitutc for India rubber. It U made fmm the gum 

 of a tn-. which grows abundantlv in ^**^*me Coun- 

 ty and which has been naine<l the (Hto e/oWion be- 

 cause of its jlal ^iderable amount of this 

 gummy substance. It vulcanites readily, and can 

 be put upon the market for less than 'one fourth 



' - - 



1*5 was about 18.000400 gal- 

 lons; that of 1898 was somewhat smaller: and thai 



of 1897 was estimated to be cmaltrr still The 

 - to <liminih emr by year, as 

 1* are planting, while the vfoepssts 

 are constantly at work. Vine growers were dis- 

 couraged by the low prices a few years ago. 



!riments with tobacco culture in San Diego 

 County have proved quite successful Ia oar 

 lately retorted three acres yielded $1.000 worth ia 



clay, can 



Protection far 8e* BIN*.- At toe soliehatioa 



ncri- 



Cists' Association, the I 

 at Wa*hm k Mon. huh has the affairs of the 



Karrellones ia charge, has isned a decree that the 



i Ian ' i ..-ntaoasa Boari briag toa 

 close a unique industry of San Prancben. The 

 egft of the murre. or foolish guillemot. hav been 

 hippo. 1 to the market* of the city in great quanti- 

 ties ever since 1*40. at which date thrv were almost 

 the only fresh em to be bad. bringing oter $1 a 



n the breeding 

 sea*.- ' ,v until August on the flar 



md that although permteatlf 

 taken their numherrcti.< 



diminution. In r nt years, however, naturalists 

 hare nt^icetl the effect of the annual persecution of 

 the vast colonies and several had fears that they 

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