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ores, one and three-quarters ; leather, two-thirds ; salmon, a 

 quarter ; quicksilver, four-fifths ; lumber, a third of a mil- 

 lion ; and hides, bones, horns, brooms, abelone shells, barley, 

 fruit, mustard seeds, and furs, in smaller amounts. 



Among our imports we pay four millions annually for sugar ; 

 one and a half for coffee ; four for other provisions ; making 

 nine and a half millions for provisions alone. Then we have 

 three for coal ; one for nails ; and as much for iron, in pigs and 

 bars ; tobacco and kerosene each demands one ; clothing re- 

 quires twelve ; miscellaneous dry goods, six ; hardware, four ; 

 machinery and agricultural implements, three ; boots, one 

 and a half; drugs, one; jewelry, two ; tableware, two ; and 

 several millions must be allowed for sundries. 



121. Shipping. The vessels which entered the harbor 

 of San Francisco, from the sea, in 1872, numbered 3,670, and 

 measured 1,237,000 tons, an average of 330 tons each. The 

 coasters, (vessels from American ports on the Pacific) meas- 

 ured 634,000 tons ; the vessels from foreign ports, 505,000 tons ; 

 and those from American ports on the Atlantic, 96,000. In 

 1860, the coasters measured 205,000 tons, and the foreign 

 ships, 199,000 ; showing an increase of two hundred per cent. 

 in the former, and 150 in the latter, in thirteen years ; while 

 the American Atlantic ships, in 1860, measured 129,000, show- 

 ing a decrease of 30 per cent. The coasters numbered 2,972, 

 and averaged about 200 tons each. The American ports on 

 the Atlantic sent us 86 ships, including 70 from New York, 

 7 from Boston, and five from Baltimore. Europe sent us 88, 

 including 72 from Great Britain, and 8 each from Germany 

 and France. Australia sent us 77 ; China and Japan, 80 ; the 

 East Indies, 38 ; South America, 122 ; and Polynesia, 68. 

 The American ports on the Atlantic do not occupy a very 

 prominent place in our seaward commerce. 



122. Currency. The currency of all branches of com- 

 merce and industry, and of the State and County Treasuries 

 in California, is gold. Treasury notes are used for paying in- 



