The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast, Part 11

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was limited indeed, and who not infrequently served to hopelessly en- tangle magistrates as well as them- selves and the litigants in the end- less mazes resulting from a mixture of Mexican and American law. In 1846 the want of law books seriously embarrassed those who tried to prac- tice, and many amusing complica- tions were the result. In one in- stance a smart practitioner borrow- ed his opponent's law book for a few minutes-it was the only one in Yerba Buena-and having got the law therefrom, unexpectedly and tri- umphantly floored his adversary, who, though the possessor of the book, seems to have been entirely ignorant of its contents. By de- grees, however, law books and law- yers, too, began to find their way to San Francisco, and some of the most eminent of our practitioners found honor and reward in the practice of their profession in the rising city. Amongst those early professors we may note Alcalde Hyde, who re- cently died ; Col. John W. Geary, first Alcalde under American rule ; the well-known Hall McAllister, who was here in the days of forty-eight ; Horace Hawes, Prosecuting Attor- ney in 1848-9 ; Myron Norton and John J. Lippett of the same epoch ; L. W. Hastings, E. P. Jones, Chas. E. Pickett, Col. Russell, Col. J. D. Stevenson in 1850, and H. P. Hepburn in the same year. Amongst the lead- ing attorneys in 1849 were J. B. Hart, Michael T. O'Connor, Frank Turk and Temple Emmet Peachy, besides others already mentioned. Judge Leander Quint sat on the bench in the early fifties.


The San Francisco Bar Association was organized April 20, 1872, and has had a most beneficial effect in raising and keeping up the status of the profession, and in purifying its ranks of the unworthy and ignoble. It has two hundred members, the peers in intellectuality, honesty, earn- estness and patriotism of any body of citizens in the country. Its ob-


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jects are to sustain the honor and dignity of the profession, and to in- crease its usefulness in the promo- tion of the due administration of justice, and cultivate social inter- course amongst its members. Its headquarters are at 123 Post street. E. R. Taylor is the President, F. T. Deering, Secretary ; B. A. Hayne, Corresponding Secretary, and John M. Burnett, Treasurer.


The San Francisco Law Library Association was organized in 1865. The library has 29,831 volumes. It is located at the new City Hall. The officers are J. P. Hoge, Presi- dent ; Ralph C. Harrison, Treasurer ; J. H. Deering, Secretary and Libra- rian. It is supported by a contribu- tion of $1 made by each plaintiff when commencing suit in our courts.


The following picture of law and lawyers in the early days is from the pen of George W. Hyde, lately de- ceased: A suit in reference to some matter connected with the affairs of the City Hotel was brought before Washington A. Bartlett, then Al- calde; Jones and Pickett counsel for plaintiff, Hyde for defense. Plain- tiff's attorneys demanded a jury at the last moment. The Alcalde was willing, but required a deposit of $100 to be made in court by the parties litigant, as security for pay- ment of jurors, as there was no law here to secure payment of jury. Defendant's counsel was agreeable. Plaintiff's counsel objected, but after some talk the Alcalde accepted the word of honor of counsel to pay the jury fees, whichever side lost. Trial followed next day, and the result was a verdict for defendants at the end of the week. Plaintiff's coun- sel laughed at the Alcalde, alleging that he had no right to summon a jury, when he demanded the money.


When Mr. Hyde was appointed to the office while Bartlett was held prisoner by the Mexicans, another cause was brought by these gentle- men in reference to a contract to fur- nish hay. In this case a jury was de-


manded ; Hyde consented, provid- ing a deposit of $100 was made in court by the contestants to secure payment of jury fees. They de- clined to deposit. After some little talk, the Alcalde, Hyde, suggested that the matter be referred to the Commandant on appeal, and if de- cided in their favor, all right. The question was referred and the Com- mandant decided against them, and also submitted that they must also pay the fees in the first cause tried be- fore Bartlett. Hence the squibs in the Star assailing Hyde for denying an American citizen the right of trial by jury, joined with a mendacious allegation of the Alcalde smoking in court during court hours. Before and after these hours the room was Hyde's private home, where he lived, having been obliged to take the office there when the authorities took military possession of the Cus- tom House, where the office had been located.


The following are the dates of arri- val of some of our older lawyers :


NAME. DATE OF ARRIVAL.


Broderick, David C .... Jan. 13, 1849


Cole, Cornelius. . .July 20, 1849


Chadbourne, Jabes .. Aug. - , 1849


Dwinelle, Sam'l H. . Oct. - , 1849


Gorham, Geo. C. Dec. 19, 1849


Hawes, Horace. Apr. 4, 1849


Highton, Henry E . Oct. 3, 1849


Halleck, Bailey and


Billings . -, 1850


Halleck, Henry W. Jan. 23, 1847


Haight, Henry H. Jan. - , 1850


Hyde Geo ... July 15, 1846


McAllister, Hall June 4, 1849


Sargent, Aaron A Dec. 13, 1849


Winans, Joseph W Aug. 29, 1849


Yale, Gregory Dec. 28, 1849


THE STAGE.


" All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely play- ers." Thus writes one of, if not the greatest poet of all time, and the force of his pithy lines is by no means lessened when applied to events and things, manners and


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men in San Francisco, and is there- fore especially applicable to the fol- lowing pages. It is not of that, however, that we would now dis- course, but rather of the rise and progress of the stage in San Fran- cisco. It is worthy of much broader treatment as also of a much more exhaustive one than can here be given to it. In this brief refer- ence we touch merely its material aspect, and that solely on account of the prominent business standing of many of its leading representatives. It employs capital of $3,000,000, while not less than four to five hun- dred people of all degrees and shades of excellence in tragedy, comedy, music, and the kindred arts minister to the enjoyment and culti- vated tastes of a fastidious and dis- criminating public.


Generally blessed with abundance of means, either as successful miners or as rich and well-to-do business men, San Francisco was early a liberal patron of anything meritor- ious bearing any relation to the stage. The first style of amusement was that afforded by the ever-popu- lar circus. Early in 1849 a Mr. Rowe started one at the corner of Kearny and Clay streets. The per- formance was, as usual, given under canvas. A Mr. Foley established an- other in the course of the same year. As the population was rapidly aug- menting there was room enough for both. The general admission was $3, while the private stalls command- ed as much as $55 each. Notwith- standing this high price both places were crowded. The first concert was given June 22d of the same year by Stephen C. Massett. The price of seats was $3 which seemed to have at that time been the generally rec- ognized tariff. There were only four ladies present, a fact which testified to the absence of lovely woman from the scenes and pursuits of that early epoch. The first theater in the State was the Eagle Theater at Sacra- mento. It was a canvas structure


with a gambling house in front-we suppose to lend spice and variety to the scenes from the tamer life of other lands depicted on its boards. The Eagle Theater Company gave in Washington Hall, in San Francisco, January 16, 1850, the first perform- ance of the kind ever witnessed in our city. The play was "The Wife," with an afterpiece, "The Sentinel; or, The Deserted Post." The principal actors were Messrs. Atwater, Wright, Daly, Mckay and Mrs. Frank Ray. The venture was a pronounced suc- cess, but at the end of the week the treasurer lost the proceeds at monte and the company broke up. We cannot, however, regard the act of the defaulting official as at all typi- cal of the times. After this the theater languished for a while, but finally people wanted something bet- ter than the circus could give them, and Mr. Rowe added a stage to this establishment. It was very popular and he made money and reputation both by the venture.


But the time had come for a legi- timate theater, and in April, 1850, a little one was established on Mont- gomery street. This was followed in September of the same year by the Jenny Lind Theater on Kearny street near Washington. Another was built on Clay street, but lacked prestige, and never was able to make its way into popular regard. The Jenny Lind, destroyed by fire, was rebuilt by Mr. Thomas Maguire, and had a new lease of public favor, but was eventually sold to the City and County of San Francisco for $200,- 000 in July, 1852, and is now known as the old City Hall. But both as theater and municipal palace, it had long outlived its usefulness. The old Adelphi was erected in 1851 on Dupont, near Clay, while the Amer- ican Theater became a caterer for the public patronage on Sansome street near California on October 20th, of the same year. The San Francisco Hall was opened on Christ- mas eve of the next year. Miss


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Laura Keene, the celebrated actress, opened the Union in 1853. The Olympic, too, came forward as an aspirant for popular favor, while the old and long famous Metropolitan opened its doors to the public in the same year. Its first production was that sterling old comedy, "The School for Scandal." The house noted served the public well for many a day, and it was not till long after that San Francisco enjoyed the luxury of a new theater. On Janu- ary 11, 1864, Maguire's Opera House was opened with "Mazeppa" as the attraction. Subsequently, on the appearance of Edwin Forrest as Virginius, a gentleman paid as high as $1,000 for a choice of seats. The old California was opened in 1867 under the management of John Mc- Cullough and Lawrence Barrett, and at once became the theater of San Francisco. It filled a place that hitherto had been supplied by no other. Its stock company was one of the best in the world, including such actors as Keene, Wilson, Edwards, Mccullough, Barrett, and Mesdames Saunders, Bateman and Judah. Mr. Barrett soon after re- tired, and Mr. Mccullough became the sole lessee, with Mr. Barton Hill as acting manager. But the stock company was finally broken up and scattered. This was the scene of some of Mccullough's greatest tri- umphs, while nearly all the leading people of the profession at one time or another have trodden its boards.


After being closed for a long time, the old California was torn down in December, 1888, and the new one opened in May, 1889, with Booth and Barrett as attractions. Upwards of $20,000 was taken in as premiums on that occasion. It is in its ap- pointments one of the finest theaters on this continent. With Mr. Al Hayman as proprietor and Mr. Harry Mann as manager, it has all the promise of a most successful theatrical venture.


The Bush was on the north side of


the street above Montgomery, and is now known as the Standard. As such it was long a favorite with the lovers of minstrelsy, and has witnessed some of the triumphs of several actors and actresses of note, Emer- son amongst them. Of late years it has been unsuccessful.


The Alhambra Theater (now the New Bush) on the south side of the street has long been successful under the proprietorship of Mr. M. B. Leavitt and the management of J. J. Gottlob.


The Baldwin Theater was built in 1875 by E. J. Baldwin in connection with the hotel of the same name, and has quite an eventful history. It is one of the handsomest theaters in the West. It was opened in 1876 by Barry Sullivan in "Richard III." Most of the renowned actors and actresses have played their parts on its stage. Barry Sullivan, Booth and Barrett, Madame Modjeska, Bern- hardt, Salvini, Wilson Barrett, Flor- ence, Rignold, and a host of lesser lights, bave delighted the San Fran- cisco public during the later years. The leading American and European combinations have appeared on its boards. It was not a remarkable success until Al Hayman took charge. Since then it has been a fortune to its manager. It has a seating capa - city of 1,602.


The Alcazar, built by M. H. de Young of the Chronicle, and opened November 16, 1885, has been one of the most successful of San Francisco theaters. It is located on O'Farrell street between Stockton and Powell, just where the residence portion of our city begins north of Market street. The famous singer Emma Nevada was the attraction on the opening night, and has been followed by first-class performances ever since. The seating capacity is about 1,100. The interior is of Moorish design and abounds in elegant fresco work on a ground of stucco. The floor is covered with richly colored carpets, while the seats are cushioned


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with velvet. Messrs. George Wall- enrod, L. R. Stockwell and S. O. Willey are the managers.


The Powell Street Theater, opened early this year, has, as yet, been financially a failure.


The Tivoli Opera House was opened in 1879 by the Kreling Brothers, and as a place where light and comic opera has been given at popular prices has achieved success. Grand opera has also been produced there. There is no other place of amusement on the coast where such excellent performances are given where the price of admission is only 25 cents, with 25 cents extra for an excellent reserved seat.


The Orpheum, opposite the Alca- zar, on O'Farrell street, was opened on June, 1887, to give the public cheap music after the European style, Mr. Gustav Walter being the proprietor.


The Grand Opera House, one of


the finest theaters in America, built in 1873, has been known also as Wade's Opera House, and has witnessed some notable triumphs of the dramatic art, but for a long time it remained closed, and for some in- explicable reason has not achieved the success that it should and ought.


Besides those already mentioned there was the Bijou opened by Mr. William Emerson in 1889, subse- quently known as the Casino, but now closed.


A new temple of the drama will soon be opened on Market and Hayes streets, while still another has been projected to be built on the site of the old St. Ignatius Church.


The seating capacity of the various theaters is as follows :


Alcazar, 1,100; Baldwin, 1,602 ; Bush Street, 1,200; California, 1,700; Casino, 800 ; Grand Opera House, 2,400 ; Orpheum, 1,700 ; Powell Street, 1,300; Standard, 1,000; Tivoli Opera House, 1,600.


Our Commerce and Manufactures.


Not far from seventy years have elapsed since the first keel outside of the boats of the missionaries or some stray craft from Mexico fur- rowed the waters of the bay, and not much over forty years since the port was opened to the world of shipping, yet the rank to which we have attained amongst the commer- cial cities of the East is surprising, especially when the comparatively small population of the coast is taken into consideration. The following were the imports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, for leading ports as given by the bureau of statistics :


New York


$472,153,507


Boston


66,731,023


Philadelphia 48,520,602


San Francisco 48,425,760


Baltimore, Md., New Orleans and others are all a long way behind. San Francisco is the fourth, but the difference between it and Philadel- phia is so small that they can almost be called a tie. It will soon exceed Philadelphia, and will not be long in catching up with Boston, so that ere many years have elapsed it will be our second city in point of import- ance as regards foreign imports .


It does not occupy as good a posi- tion in regard to exports. Here Baltimore, as a great shipper of wheat, corn and cotton, excels it, and New Orleans especially as a shipper of cotton :


New York $310,928,151


New Orleans


83,222,734


Boston


65,868,460


Baltimore


50,602,996


San Francisco


37,043,100


Philadelphia 29,707,439


The other ports are but of small account. Here San Francisco takes precedence of the great city of Phila- delphia, with a population exceeding a million. It is fifth on the list.


When we take the whole foreign trade into consideration we find that our city takes rank as fourth. The figures are as follows :


New York $783,081,658


New Orleans


97,715,214


Boston


132,599,483


San Francisco


85,468,860


Baltimore 65,826,840


Philadelphia 78,228,037


And though last, not least, it is the only port in the United States of any size where the tonnage of American and foreign vessels enter- ing and departing is anywhere nearly equal.


OUR IMPORTS.


The foreign import trade of the past six years thus compares : FREE.


1885


.$22,511,224


1886


28,546,203


1887


28,161,146


1888


29,655,469


1889


34,271,337


1890


29,463,946


DUTIABLE.


1885 .$11,533,183


1886


11,036,343


1887


13,445,538


1888


18,953,731


1889


17,016,969


1890


16,130,179


ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION.


1885 $30,744,608


1886


36,968,333


1887


38,763,688


1888


42,396,074


1889


47,256,009


1890


40,053,483


WAREHOUSED.


1885


$3,299,799


1886


2,614,218


1887


2,842,996


1888


6,213,126


1889


4,032,297


1890


5,540,642


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AMERICAN VESSELS. 1888.


1889.


Steam


$14,510,069


$13,720,282


Sail 10,641,962


12,956,865


Total .$25,152,031


$26,677,147


1890.


Steam


$11,581,246


Sail


10,335,188


Total


21,916,434


FOREIGN. 1888.


1889. $15,810,857


Steam


$13,703,939


Sail 9,753,230


8,800,302


Total $23,457,169


$24,611,159


1890.


Steam


.$14,838,248


Sail


8,837,818


Total $23,676,066


1888.


Cars without appraisement .. $2,617


1890.


Cars without appraisement .. $1,625


By sea di- 1888.


1889.


rect .. ... $44,627,474 $47,311,547


By rail ... . 3,981,726


3,976,759 1890.


By sea direct $42,080,329


By rail


3,513,796


TOTALS.


1885


$34,044,407


1886 39,582,551


1887


41,606,684


1888 48,609,200


1889


51,288,306


1890


45,594,125


It will be here noted that the prin- cipal falling off has been in the quantity of free goods imported, the decline in dutiable having been com- paratively small. There was, too, an increased quantity warehoused and a very large falling off in goods entered for consumption. There was a falling off of about 17 per cent in the proportion of goods carried in American vessels, and a very slight one in goods carried in foreign vessels. Nevertheless, it is still true


that there is more merchandise car- ried in American bottoms than in any other part of the United States. The decline in imports by rail has been slight-most of it being by sea. We have, however, shipped over forty millions by sea, while our ex- ports by rail have been about one hundred million pounds, 25 per cent more than in 1889. Of this last, 15 per cent increase belongs to San Francisco. We cannot claim that our manufacturing business has in- creased much during the year, but it has held its own.


THE TRADE OF SAN FRANCISCO


For 1890 may be summed up as fol- lows:


Imports from foreign countries' $45,594,125


Imports by rail. 22,000,000


Imports by steam and clipper 16,000,000


Exports by sea 40,033,421


Exports by rail 40,000,000


Manufactures distributed


on the coast 87,000,000


Total $250,627,546


This is a small percentage over 1889.


Here we include the value of canned goods, etc., shipped from other points, but distributed by San Francisco capital.


IMPORTS OF TREASURE BY SEA FOR 1890.


The following includes all by sea, but not by rail :


GOLD.


Foreign bullion and bars. $428,359


American coin 245,027


Foreign coin 5,132,834


Total $5,806,220


SILVER.


Foreign bullion and bars. $2,656,473 American coin 1,490


Foreign coin . .


1,382,976


Total


$4,040,939


Grand Total


9,847,159


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EXPORTS OF TREASURE IN 1890.


Mexican Dollars $6,832,998 00


Cold coin 4,666,738 00


Silver bars 302,900 00


Currency and nickels. 297,524 00


Silver coin 844,041 00


Foreign dollars 1,318 00


Gold dust. 17,587 00


Gold bars


10,300 00


Total, 1890 $12,973,406 00


Total, 1889 22,480,939 88


Total, 1887 25,668,001 00


Total, 1886 27,129,403 00


CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.


The industrial products of the State for 1890 may be given as fol- lows :


Wheat.


$24,000,000


Cattle and sheep, slaught- ered.


33,000,000


Gold and silver.


14,500,000


Fruit. 20,000,000


Barley . 9,000,000


Wine and brandy . 8,000,000


Cereals, unspecified 7,500,000


Lumber 7,000,000


Wool 6,000,000


Dairy produce 7,000,000


Quicksilver


1,200,000


Base bullion and lead


1,500,000


Other base metals


1,000,000


Salmon


250,000


Coal


300,000


Other products


1,000,000


Total $141,250,000


Manufactures. 180,000,000


Total $321,250,000


Following is a statement of the leading products of California since 1848 :


Gold


$1,347,300,000


Wheat


756,000,000


Dairy products


213,500,000


Barley


193,000,000 Wool


167,000,000 Fruit 126,000,000


Lumber 104,000,000


Quicksilver


75,000,000


Wine and brandy .....


64,000,000


Base metals


52,000,000 Silver


34,000,000


SAN FRANCISCO MANUFACTURES IN 1890.


There has been a slight increase in the value of our manufacturing industry during the past year. In some directions there has been a falling off, in others an advance, but on the whole we progressed a little :


Pounds. Value.


Food $50,000,000


Metal 10,000,000


Textiles, etc


13,500,000


Lumber, etc


14,500,000


Leather, etc 10,500,000


Miscellaneous


20,000,000


Total $118,500,000


The capital invested here is about forty-eight millions, the material used seventy-four millions of dol- lars.


IMPORTS FOR 1890.


From- Amount.


Australasia, British. $1,195,047


Asiatic Russia. 94,652


Belgium


725,875


British East Indies


1,399,945


British Columbia


1,570,052


Canada . 2,970


Central America 3,012,517


Chile 416,751


China 5,699,635


Cuba 407,306


Dutch East Indies 1,485,792


Ecuador 99,083


England


4,559,803


France


1,246,595


Germany 1,156,008


Hawaiian Islands 12,363,450


Italy. 158,271


Ireland 32,908


Japan 7,847,974 Mexico


800,064


Philippine Islands


957,954


Scotland 92,609


Tahiti . 213,107


All other Islands and ports


55,757


Total


$45,594,125


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SAN FRANCISCO EXPORTS BY SEA 1890.


FOREIGN.


Total


$35,295,319


Apia.


$47,643


Asiatic Russia.


139,735


Baltimore


$2,598


Boston (Mass.).


180,847


Batavia


2,880


Bridgeport (Conn.)


209


Belgium


1,073,583


Burlington


250


Bolivia


402


Charlestown (S. C.)


1,409


Bombay


2,813


Chicago.


32,783


British Columbia


903,180


Cleveland (Ohio).


900


Calcutta


4,247


Columbus (Ohio).


450


Canada


13,282


Des Moines (Ia.).


900


Central America


1,749,046


Fall River (Mass.)


334


Chile


27,935


Fort Benton (Mont.).


3,111


China.


3,114,757


Gloucester (Mass.).


3,119


Corea


1,585


Lawrence (Mass.)


12,000


Ecuador


153,321


Lynn (Mass.).


3,336


England


8,673,924


Lewiston (Me.).


785


Fiji Islands


3,221


Maryland.


34


France


2,195,471


Maine


5,500


Germany


199,297


Manchester (N. H.)


16


Gilbert Islands


230


Massachusetts


87


Hawaiian Islands.


4,184,086


Norfolk (Va.)


250


India ..


30


Ireland


7,968,579


New Jersey


1,300


Jamaica


35


Pennsylvania


848


Java


192


Philadelphia (Pa.).


18,337


Japan


717,363


Pittsburg (Pa.).


2,174


Kirkee


109


Providence (R. I.).


534


Kotta Badja.


431


Rhode Island.


189


Labuan (Borneo)


75


Manila


59,667


Marshall Islands.


42,407


Washington.


1,810


Marquesas Islands.


41,422


West Concord.


8,891


Mexico


1,470,686


New Zealand.


186,467


Padang


904


Penang


7,402


Peru.


257,766


Pitcairn Islands.


500


Raratonga ..


4,485


Rio de Janeiro


493,661


Samarang.


1,890


Scotland


3,730


Singapore


13,578


Sourabaya


5,720


South Sea Islands


2,517


Tahiti.


326,326


Tasmania ..


1,186


Pounds.


Value.


Tegal


32


Costa Rica ..... 3,745,592


$759,830


Trinidad (W.I.)


253


Guatemala .... 6,658,578


1,132,844


Total. $4,258,102


Total amount of shipments by sea from the port of San Francisco for the year ending December 31, 1890 : Foreign $35,295,319


Eastern 4,258,102


Total $39,553,421


LEADING IMPORTS 1890-COFFEE.


Imports of coffee in 1890, accord- ing to Custom House statistics :


St. Paul (Minn.)


5,400


Virginia ..


83


New York,


3,969,618


Australia.


1,088,605


U. S. States of Colombia 108,663


EASTERN.


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San Salvador 6,829,464


China ..


788,848


1,033,348 161,343


British East


Indies .......


466,061


84,839


Hawaiian Is-


lands ...


97,518


19,376


Dutch East


Indies


677,921


124,093


Mexico


534,949


102,749


Tahiti


38,341


5,819


Ecuador


107,427


17,761


Manila.


70,000


14,113


Australia


8,860


1,108


Total 20,023,559


$3,457,223


1889


20,272,586


2,923,709


RICE.


Imports of rice in 1890 according to Custom House statistics : Pounds. Value.


Hawaiian Is-


lands.


10,787,100


543,407


China


36,749,209


716,669


Italy ..


11,576


349


Japan


463,250


. 12,627


Total .... 48,011,135


$1,273,052


Same time in


1859.


46,603,676


1,086,035


SUGAR.


Imports of sugar in 1890, accord- ing to Custom House receipts :


Pounds.


Value.


Hawaiian Is-


lands ..... 253,015,709


$11,583,588


Central


America.


1,755,676


49,316


China . .....


613,065


15,550


Philippine


Islands ...


17,035,200


492,510


Mexico


4,279


75


Java ..


56,104,162


1,416,077


Canada


(maple) .


21,400


1,605


British Co-


lumbia ....


148


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Total ... 328,549,639 $13,558,733


Same time in


1889 ....... 317,135,144 15,176,148


TEA.


Imports of tea in 1890, according to Custom House statistics :




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