First settlement by Spaniards at San Diego, 1768; admitted 1850.
Area, 158,360 square miles, the second largest State; extreme length, 770
miles; extreme breadth, 330 miles; least breadth, 150 miles; coastline,
over 700 miles; San Francisco Bay, best harbor on western coast. Number
counties, 52.
Temperature at San Francisco: winter, 50deg to 55deg; summer, 58deg to
69deg. Rainfall, Sacramento, 20 inches.
San Francisco, metropolis and only port of entry. Regular line of steamers
to Australia, Panama, Mexico, China and Japan; pop., 233,959. Sacramento,
capital; pop., 21,420. Population Oakland, 34,555; San Jose, 12,567;
Stockton, 10,282; Los Angeles, 11,183; U.S. navy yard at San Pablo Bay.
Number farms, 35,934. Average value per acre, cleared land, $27.16;
woodland, $8.55.
One of the richest agricultural tracts in the Union; rich soil and
favorable climate, often insuring two crops per year on same field; wheat
the most valuable crop; crop of 1884, 44,320,000 bu.; corn, 8,800,000 bu.;
oats, 2,149,000 bu.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $6,000
Sec'y of State 3,000
Treasurer 3,000
Comptroller 3,000
Supt. Pub. Inst. 3,000
Attorney Gen. 3,000
Surveyor Gen. 3,000
State Librarian 3,000
District Judge 5,000
Senators, } $8 a day,
Representatives } mileage 10c. & $25
2 Colls. Int. Revenue 3,125 to 4,500
Col. Customs San Fransisco 7,000
Pension Agent 4,000
Supt. Mint 4,500
Assayer 3,000
M'lt'r & Refinr. 3,000
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Presidential P. O.
Chico $1,800
Fresno City 1,900
Los Angeles 3,000
Marysville 1,900
Napa City 2,000
Oakland 3,100
Petaluma 1,900
Red Bluff 1,800
Sacramento 3,000
San Bernardino 1,800
San Diego 1,800
San Francisco 5,000
San Jose 2,700
Santa Barbara 1,900
Santa Cruz 1,900
Santa Rosa 1,900
Stockton 2,500
40 P. O. 1,700 to 1000
Ranks very high as a fruit-growing state; fruits of temperate climates,
about 4,000,000 trees; sub-tropical fruits and nuts, 250,000 trees; grape
region north to 41deg, with an average breadth of 100 miles, and contains
over 21,000,000 vines.
Fine sheep-raising country. Cashmere goats have been introduced and are
doing well.
Ranks first in barley, grape culture, sheep, gold and quicksilver; third in
hops; fifth in wheat and salt; seventh in silk goods; eighth in soap and
silver.
Population, 864,694: male, 518,176; female, 346,518; native, 571,820;
foreign, 292,874; white, 767,181; colored, 6,018; Chinese, 75,132;
Japanese, 86; Indians, 16,277.
Governor and State officers elected quadrennially, and legislature every
two years; number Senators, 40; Representatives, 80; sessions of
legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Monday after
January 1st; limit of session, 60 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of
Representatives, 2 years.
Number electoral votes, 8; number white voters, 262,583. Idiots, Indians,
convicts and Chinese excluded from voting.
School population, 216,330; school age, 5-17.