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Twice every month for Yokohama, connecting there with a 

 branch steamer for Hong Kong, touching at Hiogo and Na- 

 gasaki by the way. 



Once a month for Honolulu. 



Once a month for Guaymas, touching a^ Magdalena Bay, 

 Cape San Lucas, La Paz, and Mazatlan. 



Twice a month for Victoria, connecting there with steamers 

 for Puget Sound. 



Once a week for Portland, connecting there with steamers 

 for Puget Sound and Sitka. 



At intervals of five days, for San Diego, touching at Santa 

 Barbara and San Pedro. 



At intervals of ten days, for Santa Barbara, touching at 

 Monterey, San Simeon, and San Luis Obispo. 



Once a week for Tomales and Olema. 



Once a week for Salinas and Santa Cruz. 



Once a week for Hueneme, touching at San Buenaventura. 



Once a month for Hong Kong direct, by a Britisli line. 



Once a month for Hong Kong direct, by a German line, not 

 yet in full operation. 



Once a month to Auckland and Sydney, by a line for which 

 a contract has been made, but not yet established. 



The steamers of the Pacific Mail Company, running from 

 San Francisco to Japan, number ten, with 39,000 tons ; to 

 Panama, seven, with 19,000 tons; to San Diego, four, with 

 3,200 tons ; to Honolulu, one, with 1,300 tons ; and to Guay- 

 mas, one, with 800 tons, making twenty-three steamers in all, 

 with 62,300 tons. 



129. Telegraphs. The magnetic telegraph connects all 

 the main towns of the Coast, extending from Vancouver 

 Island, through Washington, Oregon, and California, to Tucson, 

 Arizona. West of the main ridge of the Coast Mountains, in 

 California, the wires do not extend northward from San Fran- 

 cisco beyond Cloverdale, but will probably soon be taken 

 on to Humboldt Bay. Two lines connect San Francisco with 



