332 RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. 
and the statistics of 1862 will show a large decrease as com- 
pared with the previous year, and perhaps an entire stoppage 
of exportation. 
The quicksilver exported in 1861 amounted to 35,995 flasks, 
containing 2,699,625 pounds of metal, worth $1,079,850. The 
export was 9,348 flasks in 1860, 3,399 in 1859, 24,132 in 1858, 
27,262 in 1857, 23,740 in 1856, ie 27,165 in 1855. The great 
falling off in 1859 and 1860 was caused by the closing of the 
New Almaden mine, under an injunction issued at the instance 
of the federal government. 
Among the other exports of 1861 were 181,166 hides, worth 
$554,951; 3,721,998 pounds of wool, worth $507,297 ; 373,852 
sacks of yasley, valued at $355,224; silver-ore, valued at $188,- 
815; copper-ore, worth $122,580; lumber, valued at $76,748 ; 
tallow, worth $65,982; and wine, worth $12,399. 
The total value of the exports in 1861, other than treasure, 
was $6,988,375; of which we sent $2,744,537 to New York, 
$1,283,391 to England, $1,078,118 to Australia, $566,860 to 
China, and $453,953 to Mexico. 
§ 237. Shipping.—In 1861, there were 1,981 arrivals of 
vessels, with an aggregate of 599,233 tons, at San Francisco. 
Of these, 1,538 vessels, with an aggregate measurement of 
267,698 tons, were from ports of California, Oregon, and 
Washington (domestic Pacific ports) ; 106 vessels, with 121,342 
tons, were from domestic Atlantic ports; 42 vessels (25 from 
Great Britain, 11 from France, 4 from Hamburg, and 2 from 
Malaga), with 30,573 tons, from Europe; 31 vessels, with 12,- 
834 tons, from Australia; 27 vessels, with 28,286 tons, from 
China; 54 vessels, with 15,704 tons, from Mexico; 41 vessels 
from Vancouver Island, 17 from the Hawaiian Islands, 13 from 
the Society Islands, 7 from Japan, 17 from Chili, 11 from the - 
Russian possessions in America, and 15 from whaling-voyages. 
The average size of the vessels which arrived from domestic 
Atlantic ports was 1,144 tons; of those from China, 1,047 tons; 
of those from Europe, 745 tons; and of those from domestic 
Pacific ports, 174 tons, most of the latter being little schooners, 
