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Show 406 APPENDIX. of December, $700,000 had arrived from various parts of the world: so that, in fact, the proo-ress of. this place ~ight b~ said to be, in some degree, paid for by foreign capital actually brought into the country. Under the above date (31st December), we have a s?ort price-current of articles as sold at San FranCisco. Goals sold on board, free of expense to the shipper, at $40, $45, and one parcel at $50 per ton, but fallinO'; $35 is the safest quotation. 0 Ale, Tennants and Byass.,s, $4 50c. to $5 per dozen, wholesale. . Bricks, Garnkirk and Stourbridge, $45 per 1,000; great demand. Carpeting, Brussels, $2 50c. to $3; Kidderminster, $2 ; Axminster, $1 6c. Blankets, Witney, assorted, $4 to $5 per pair. Coloured cotton shirts, $7 to $8 per dozen. Merino drawers, $22 per dozen; woollen hose, (grey) $7 to $8 per dozen. Merino shirts, $27 to $28 per dozen; Flushing trousers, $4 50c. per pair. Pea-jackets and coats, $8 to $10 each; brogans, (English) $24 to $28 per dozen. . Heavy boots, pegged, $20 per pair, for fair quality; ditto, pegged, superior quality, $40 to $60 per pair. Long fishing-boots, well nailed, are worth $100 a-pair. The streets of San Francisco are such slouo·hs and quagmires of n1ud, that good, long, thick b~ots, to come over the knee, are worth almost their weight in gold. Preserved meats, 25c. to 30c. per 10. Drugs, abundant; no sales. Red and blue flannel sltirts~ $18 to $20 per dozen Macintosh waterproofs unsaleable. Silks, in great dernand ; laro·e consi O'nments from China sold at very high prices. b 0 Prints, fast colours; dark, rich styles, $4 50c. to .APPENDIX. 407 $5 per piece. The style of prints that do well here are such as are in accordance with Mexican recommendations. There is a considerable trade springing up with Mexico; and there is no doubt that the business hitherto done between that country and Valparaiso and Lima is be in 0' diverted to this market. Ironb houses are very abundant, but in slight demand. Ready-made hou~es of all classes, and of every material are abundant and unsaleable. The rage for them ha~ completely died away. But building materials of iron and zinc would sell well. Chili flour sold lately as high as $45 per sack 01 200115, on shore : the price is now $26 to $28. Flour has been a splendid speculation lately. In three d_ays, it rose from $8 to $32 per sack of 20010, and In a week was up to $45. A vessel carne in from Chili when the rage was at its height. She cleared $~0,?00 gain to the shipper, and made $ 10,000 commissions to the consignee. . ~ The following details, ex:racted fro~ Mr. E_wi~g s official report to Congress, will be fou!ld 1nterestmg .- " Thus, it appears that the deposits of _gold, wherever found, are the property of the U ~I ted States. Those, however, which are known to exis~ u~on the lands of individuals are of small comparative Import-ance,. b y I1~! .ar the lar(n) 'er p. art bei.n O' upon unclaimed b t' th public lands. Still, our informatiOn respe~ mg em is yet extremely limited. What we know, I? general, is that they are of great extent and extraordinary productiveness, even though rudely wrought. ~he [?1~ is found sometimes in _masses, the la;~est o ~. 11CbrouO'ht to the Mint weighed 8!) oz.. !hey ~re ,.,ene rail 6 e ual to the standa.rd of our com In ~unty; and t h e.iYr aqp pearance I·S that of a meta.l forced Intof tfhue ·f is-sures an d ca. v 1' t1' es of the rocks 1n a state o 1s iobn . Some masses however, are flattened,_ ~pp~rent Y 1 Y ' h d · f by attntwn 1n a roug J pressure, and scratc e ' as 1 . h'b't d h d surface. One small mass whwh was ex 1 I e ' a |