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PRINCIPAL EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE,
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885.

/*
-------------------+------------+-------------------------------------
   PORTS ON THE    | APPROXIMATE|
     PACIFIC.      |   VALUES.  |
-------------------+------------+-------------------------------------
Humboldt, Cal.     | $  165,000 | Wood, and Manufactures of.
                   |            |
                   |{ 1,493,600 | Canned Salmon.
Oregon, Oregon     |{   400,000 | Wheat and Flour.
                   |{    32,000 | Wood, and Manufactures of.
                   |            |
                   |{   830,000 | Wood, and Manufactures of.
Puget Sound, W. T. |{   240,000 | Wheat and Flour.
                   |{   160,000 | Animals.
                   |            |
                   |{    58,000 | Animals.
San Diego, Cal.    |{     4,000 | Wood, and Manufactures of.
                   |{     1,800 | Machinery.
                   |            |
                   |{27,226,000 | Wheat, Flour, and other Breadstuffs.
                   |{ 1,211,000 | Manufactures of Iron and Steel.
                   |{   900,000 | Fish.
                   |{   745,000 | Ginseng.
San Francisco, Cal.|{   700,000 | Cotton Manufactures.
                   |{   650,000 | Wood, and Manufactures of.
                   |{   430,000 | Fruit.
                   |{   375,000 | Gunpowder, etc.
                   |{   358,000 | Medicines, etc.
                   |            |
                   |{ 3,339,153 | Wheat.
Willamette, Oregon |{   704,000 | Flour and Breadstuffs.
                   |{    37,000 | Wood, and Manufactures of.
                   |            |
Wilmington, Cal.   |{   211,928 | Wheat.
                   |{    33,600 | Honey.
-------------------+------------+-------------------------------------
*/

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