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 434 UNITED states: — CALIFORNIA

Finance, Defence. — For two years ending June 30, 1912, the receipts and disbursements of the General Fund into which all moneys pass, not specifically appropriated to other funds, and from which the ordinary expen- ses of State Government are met (exclusive of those chargeable against the School Fund) were : —

1910-11 1911-12

Dollars Dollars

Cash in hand, July 1. . 7,201,219 7,453,602

Total Receipts .'. . 18,843,854 27,395,144

Total .... 26,045,073 34,848,746 Total Disbursements. . 18,591,471 24,945,213

Cash in hand, June 30. . 7,453,602 9,903,533

The assessed value of taxable proiierty in 1907 was 1,878,661,035 dollars. The net bonded debt of the State amounted to 2,227,500 dollars in 1912.

The National Guard of California consists of 3 regiments of infantry, 3 troop of cavalry, a coast artillery corps, a medical department, 2 companies of signalmen, and 8 divisions of Naval Militia. The number enrolled in the National Guard in 1909 was 2,348 enlisted men and 192 officers, while the Naval Militia had 552 men and 49 officers.

The Mare Island Navy Yard, the most important of the Federal naval establishments on the Pacific coast, is situated in California about 25 miles north of San Francisco, and there are United States Army posts at San Francisco, Benicia, Monterey, and San Diego.

Agriculture and Forestry. — AVhile the crops common to most portions of the United States— such as wheat, barley, and corn — are produced with ease, there is also a range of special products. It is the only State in which the best European varieties of grapes are successfully cultivated, and this gives great importance to the wine product. Extending seven hundred miles from north to south, and being intersected by several ranges of moun- tains, California has almost every variety of climate, from the very wet to the very dry, and from the temperate to the semi-tropical. There appears to be nothing which is cultivated elsewhere which Avill not flourish in some part of California. At the date of the last Federal census (1910) there were 88,197 farms, comprising 27,931,444 acres, of which 11,389,894 acres Avere improved. The value of farms was 1,614, 694,584 dollars, and the value of the annual product 131,690,606 dollars. Irrigation is extensively practised, being necessary in the more arid districts and beneficial in a larger area.

The wheat industry has declined in relative importance, while horticulture has made rapid strides. The cereal crops in 1912 were maize, 1,924,000 bushels; wheat, 6,290,000 bushels; oats, 7,800,000 bushels; barley, 41,760,000 bushels. Apples, pears, peaches, figs, apricots, plums, grapes, oranges, lemons, and other fruits are growai in vast c[uan titles. The total products in 1911 in tons amounted to 197,750, including 14,000 tons of j)eaches; 95,000 tons of pears; 65,000 tons of raisins ; and 11,000 tons of apricots. The dry wine production in the year was about. 25.000,000 gallons; sweet wine, about 16,000,000 gallons. Olives, honey, hops, wal- nuts, and almonds are also largely produced.