CALIFORNIA. 



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were permitted to frequent and reside at five cities 

 and ports of the said Empire, and not elsewhere 

 therein, for purposes of trade and commerce ; and 



Whereas, On the 18th of June, A. D. 1858, by a 

 treaty of peace, amity, and commerce, then con- 

 cluded between the said United States of America 

 and the said Empire of China, the citizens of the 

 United States were permitted to frequent and reside 

 at seven cities and ports in said Empire, and not 

 elsewhere therein, for purposes of trade and com- 

 merce ; and 



Whereas. The said treaties so made and concluded 

 between the higbxcontracting parties were mainly 

 intended to open to the trade and commerce of the 

 United States, to a limited extent, certain specified 

 cities and ports of the Chinese Empire which had 

 been theretofore closed to such commerce and trade ; 

 and the opening of which said cities and ports has 

 been ? and is, beneficial to the Chinese Government 

 and its subjects, and to the United States and its 

 citizens ; and 



Whereas, Nothing contained in the said treaties, 

 either directly or indirectly or by implication, con- 

 ferred or acknowledged any right, extended any in- 

 vitation, or held out any inducement to the migra- 

 tion to the territory of the United States of the sub- 

 jects of the Chinese Empire ; and 



Whereas, On the 28th of July, 1868, an additional 

 treaty was entered into and ingrafted on the treaty 

 concluded between the United States of America 

 and the Empire of China, on the 18th of June, 1858, 

 which additional treaty is commonly known as the 

 " Burlingame Treaty," and under and by virtue of 

 which, among other things, it is declared, in Ar- 

 ticle 5 of said treaty, that "the United States of 

 America and the Emperor of China cordially recog- 

 nize the mutual advantage of the free migration and 

 emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively, 

 from the one country to the other, for purposes or 

 curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents;" and 

 again, in Article 6 of said treaty, " Chinese sub- 

 jects visiting or residing in the United States shall 

 enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and exemp- 

 tions, in respect to travel or residence, as may there 

 be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most 

 favored nation ; " and again, in Article 7 of said 

 treaty ; " Citizens of the United States may freely 

 establish and maintain schools within the Empire 

 of China, at those places where foreigners are, by 

 treaty, permitted to live ; and reciprocally, Chinese 

 subjects may enjoy the same privileges and immu- 

 nities in the United States ; " and 



Whereas, The said so-called Burlingame Treaty 

 expressly sanctions and acknowledges the right of, 

 and extends an invitation to, the subjects of China, 

 to migrate to the United States, and to any port or 

 portion of its territorial area, for purposes of curi- 

 osity, trade, or for permanent residence ; while, by 

 said treaty, for those and other purposes, the citizens 

 of the United States are restricted to certain defined 

 and limited portions of the Empire of China ; and 



Whereas, The State of California, from its geo- 

 graphical location and its easy access to the denizens 

 of China, has receiver], and is receiving, large num- 

 bers of the people of that Empire in ner midst 5 a 

 people incapable of assimilation or affiliation with 

 the religious, political, or social institutions of our 

 country ; whose manners, habits, and customs pre- 

 clude the hope, if it were desirable, of ever convert- 

 ins? them into a homogeneous race ; and who, mo- 

 nopolizing the manual avocations of life, are rapidly 

 shutting out from employment the white laboring 

 classes of our State ; and 



Whereas, It is the sentiment of the Representa- 

 tives of the people of the State of California, in Leg- 

 islature convened, that continued emigration of the 

 subjects of the Empire of China to our State is an 

 evil of potent magnitude, exciting and intensifying, 

 in the present, the hatred of the white working 

 classes toward this heterogeneous race, and toward 



those who employ them ; and bearing with it, in the 

 future, consequences of the gravest moment to this 

 State and to the country ; and believing that, when a 

 dire political and social calamity is fastening itself 

 upon the vitals of a State, and such State, by virtue 

 ot its relation with the Federal head, is powerless to 

 remedy or eradicate such calamity by peaceful means 

 and through the machinery of its laws, it is not only 

 the right, but the duty, of the Representatives of the 

 people of such State to appeal, with earnest and 

 solemn voice, for assistance and relief: Therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, 

 That the Representatives of the people of the State 

 of California, in Legislature convened, do hereby 

 most respectfully, but most earnestly, urge upon the 

 President of the United States, and upon the Senate 

 and House of Representatives of the United States, 

 the absolute necessity of the modification or abroga- 

 tion of the so-called "Burlingame Treaty," in so far 

 as it sanctions, authorizes, invites, or induces the 

 subjects of the Chinese Empire to emigrate to the 

 territory of the United States. 



Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be in- 

 structed, and our Representatives be requested, to 

 use their utmost exertions in obtaining executive, 

 legislative, and diplomatic aid, to the end that the 

 treaties now existing between the United States and 

 the Empire of China may be so amended, revised, 

 or rescinded, that the flow of Chinese immigration 

 to our shores shall cease. 



Resolved, That our Senators be further instructed, 

 and our Representatives be further requested, to lay 

 these resolutions before the President, Senate, and 

 House of Representatives of the United States, and 

 that his Excellency the Governor be requested to 

 transmit these resolutions forthwith to each of our 

 Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the 

 United States. 



The fiscal period covered by the last report 

 of the State Controller consists of two years, 

 ending with June 30th. The receipts and ex- 

 penditures for that period were as follows : 



1875-"76 $8,651,895 89 



1876-'77 4,549,258 80 $8,201,158 69 



EXPENDITURES. 



1875- 1 76... .. $8,961,96418 



1876-'77 8,785,111 85 $7,747,075 53 



Excess of receipts $454,078 16 



The receipts of the General Fund, for two 

 years, were $4,099,656.37 ; expenditures from 

 the same, $3,769,266.63. The School Fund, 

 subject to apportionment for the support of 

 common schools, from February 24, 1875, to 

 February 21, 1877, was $2,792,688.43. The 

 apportionment per scholar was $7.68 for the 

 first year, and $7.98 for the second. Particu- 

 lars regarding the School Fund are as follows : 



Balance in School Land Fund $12,911 61 



Bonds held by State Treasurer In trust for 



School Fund 1,911,400 00 



Which produce an annual interest of 122,588 00 



Bonds held for University Fund 811,600 00 



Yielding an annual income of 50,040 00 



Drawn for support of University in the 27th fls- 



calyear....f 92,690 88 



Drawn for support of University in the 28th fis- 

 cal year 60,040 00 



The following is a statement of the debt of 

 the State: 



Bonds $8,411,000 



Of which the debt bearing interest is 8,896.f>no 



Annual interest on same 209,745 



