FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



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In 1885, the California Legislature created the State Board of Forestry, which 

 established two forestry stations, one at Chico, in the northern part of Sacramento 

 Valley, and the other at Santa Monica, in the southern part of the State. The Chico 

 station is in a region where trees were found growing naturally when the first 

 settlements were made in California. The rainfall at Chico by five year periods, from 

 187 1 to 1895, inclusive, was as follows: 



PERIOD. 



1871 to 1875 

 1876 to 1880 

 i88r to 1885 

 1886 to 1890 

 1891 to 1895 



Mean, 



EAN 



RAINFA 



IN 



INCHES. 





21.6 





22.6 





l8.6 





20.8 





27.9 



22.3 



The mean annual temperature at Chico for the years 1891 to 1896, inclusive, was 

 as shown by the following tabulation: 



1891, 

 1892, 



!893. 

 1894, 



1895, 

 1896, 



Mean, 



F° 

 6 5 .! 

 62.I 



59-6 

 61.2 

 64.0 

 63.0 



62.5 



At the Santa Monica station the climatic conditions are much less favorable than at 

 Chico, the mean temperature and rainfall being for the years 1891 to 1896, inclusive, 

 as per the following table: 



YEAR. 



1891, 

 1892, 



1893, 

 1894, 



1895, 

 1896, 



Means, 



TEMPERATURE. 



RAINFALL 



F°. 



INCHES. 



62.3 



15.68 



60.2 



16.28 



60.4 



I9.25 



58.4 



6-73 



60.3 



11. 56 



66.7 



61.4 



* Rainfall for September missing from record. 



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