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000; comprising that part of Washington east of the 

 mountains, the northern part of the present Idaho, 

 and all of the present Montana west of the Great 

 Divide of the Rockies; being all of the Columbia 

 river basin south of the Canadian boundary, east of 

 the Cascade mountains and not already assigned to 

 the new States of Idaho and Wallowa, including the 

 Pend d'Oreille, Spokane, Okinakane, Wenatchee and 

 Yakima rivers and many other waters. 



SOUTH CALIFORNIA. Area, 55,000 square miles; 

 population in 1890, 207,000; estimated population in 

 1894, 275,000; comprising with the exception of the 

 strip along the Colorado river, all of the present State 

 of California lying south and east of the headwater 

 region of the San Joaquin river, and extending along 

 the coast on the northwest as far as San Luis bay 

 and into the interior on the north as far as the 37th 

 parallel of north latitude, including a little section 

 of the present State of Nevada. 



CALIFORNIA. Area, 41,500 square miles about the 

 size of Ohio; population in 1890, 668,000; estimated 

 population in 1894, 765,000; comprising all of the San 

 Joaquin river basin together with the coast region 

 directly to the west, including the city of San 

 Francisco. 



NORTH CALIFORNIA Area, 42,000 square miles 

 nearly as large as Pennsylvania; population in 1890, 

 308,000; estimated population in 1894, 350,000; com- 



prising practically the whole of the Sacramento river 

 basin west of the Sierra Nevada mountains includ- 

 ing the city of Sacramento, also the coast region di- 

 rectly to the west, and the Klamath valley on the 

 north, the height of land beyond the Klamath form- 

 ing the northern boundary; being largely outside of 

 the arid region and separated on the south from the 

 arid new California by the Bay of San Francisco, 

 the Sacramento river and the water-shed which ex- 

 tends from the Sacramento river east into the moun- 

 tains near the southern edge of Eldorado county. 



OREGON -Area, 30,000 square miles nearly the 

 size of Indiana; population in 1890, 243000; estimated 

 population in 1894, 325,000; comprising that portion 

 of the present Oregon lying west of the Cascade 

 mountains, with the southern boundary slightly mod- 

 ified to suit the local drainage; including the Willa- 

 mette valley, and having an ample rainfall, which 

 alone is sufficient reason for separating it from the 

 arid region east of the mountains. 



WASHINGTON -Area 29,000 square miles about the 

 size of South Carolina; population in 1890, 232,000; 

 estimated population in 1894, 325,000; comprising 

 that part of the present Washington west of the Cas- 

 cades, having good rainfall and destined to contain 

 the greatest commercial center west of the Mis- 

 sissippi. 



[TO BE CONTINUED.] 



WEST VIEW OF THE SWINDEN PECAN FARM IN TEXAS. 



