cisco is built, the immense amount of labor performed in grading, the expense For the Funded Debts (exclusive of 1858) For Hospital Fund... For Police Department For Fire Department.. For Urgent Necessity, etc.. For Gas Company... For School Department For Industrial School Department.. .$251,466 63,000 35,000 56,800 30,000 39,400 39,000 90,000 30,000 73,000 .$707,666 For Outstanding Demands of previous year. Total Estimated Expenses for 1858-59 Estimated receipts of the city and county, for the fiscal year ending the 30th Total receipts and Deficiency for 1858-59........ .$707,666 This unexpected deficiency of $120,666 is caused by the recent decision of the Supreme Court, (in the case of McLane v. Bond, Assessor,) who ruled that the $195,000 required by the Commissioners of the Funded Debt of 1851 should be paid out of the rate of one dollar and a quarter levied for the ordinary current expenses of our Municipal Government. But for this fact, we would have had a very handsome surplus in the treasury at the end of the year, and that most desirable consummation in the management of our local finances would have been attained-the inauguration of cash payments. Taxes.-The rates of taxation for the current fiscal year (1858–59), as well as the aggregate amount of taxes to be collected on the aggregate assessments, ($30,725,950) are as follows: Total rates on each one hundred dollars of the assessment, $2 45. Total amount of taxes for 1858-59, $752,785. Comparative Taxation of Counties.-The total taxable property of the various counties of this State, last year, amounted to $132,000,000. In the order of valuation, the following were highest on the list; The lowest county on the list was San Bernardino, which is down at $302,039 only. The valuation of the 43 counties will average $3,000,000 each. It is therefore apparent that San Francisco, the smallest of them all, is the great contributor to the coffers of the State. At the last Presidential election, for each vote cast, the amount paid in by San Francisco, was $15 91; by Sacramento, $8 98. The agricultural counties generally at the rate of $8 60, and the mining counties were taxed only $4 02 for each voter! In addition to the taxation on property, our citizens, for leave to do business, have to pay a municipal license and a State and county license, to say nothing of street assessments, stamp imposts and passenger taxes; yet, regardless of the inequality of the burden, the experience of the past year has demonstrated with what alacrity our citizens have paid up these requirements, and notwithstanding all this, among many other benevolent institutions, San Francisco supports, at her sole expense, a first class Hospital-a home for the afflicted from every corner of the State, from every country on the Globe. Rapid Growth of the City.-While reflecting upon the valuation of property in this city, even in its present depreciated condition, it should be borne in mind that in the year 1835, the village of Yerba Buena had neither location nor a name, but long anterior to this period, the bay of San Francisco was known to voyagers as "The glory of the Western Coast." In 1836, the first house was erected, and even twelve years ago the city of San Francisco was a comparative wilderness. "Cattle roamed undisturbed where now are crowded storehouses, and Ravens croaked on the spots where now peaceful dwellings stand." A year later 150 people and a score of adobe huts constituted the entire village. On the 30th of January, 1847, the local name of (the cove of) Yerba Buena was changed to that of San Francisco. Six months afterward a census was taken, when it was found that the population had increased to 459 persons; and now, in 1858, this-the metropolis of the Pacific-numbers in population over 70,000 souls, and can boast of an assessment roll of more than thirty million of dollars. In exports standing first, and in imports and tunnage, among the very first of the great ports of the Union. Our Future.-No country in the world ever held forth such inducements for people to flock to her shores, as does California at the present moment. Irrespective of her exhaustless mineral wealth, this State possesses agricultural resources and manufacturing facilities unexcelled by any other in the Union. Her great range of climate, varying from almost tropical heat, to regions of eternal snow-with a geographical position equal, at least, to the most favored country on the globe. In the felicitous language of another, “the heavens are not more clear and starry than is our future. The face of the world is towards us. The glittering treasures, the rivers and bays, the towns and cities, the farms and fields, were made for a purpose. The Pacific is to be the Ocean of the Future, and San Francisco will preside as the commercial mistress of the princely domain, and wave her jeweled hand over the proud hereafter." Legal Distances.-From Sacramento, one hundred and seventeen miles; from Stockton, one hundred and seventeen miles, and from San Quentin twelve miles. Fourth and Twelfth Judicial Districts.-Fourth District: Hon. John S. Hager, Judge District Court; sessions, first Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December. Twelfth District: Hon. Edward Norton, Judge District Court; sessions, first Monday of January, March, May, July, September and November. County Courts.-The terms of the County Court: First Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November. Court of Sessions: First Monday in February, April, June, August, October and December. Probate Court: Third Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November. Fifth Senatorial District.-Senators: Hons. Gilbert A. Grant and T. G. Phelps, term expires January, 1860; Hons. C. H. S. Williams and S. H. Parker, term expires January, 1861. Members of Assembly.-Hons. J. A. Banks, J. W. Cherry, A. A. Hill, L. R. Lull, J. B. Moore, F. M. Pixley, W. W. Shepard and Jas. M. Taylor. Agricultural Products.—Wheat, 25 acres, 700 bushels; barley, 200 acres, 6,000 bushels; oats, 90 acres, 1,960 bushels; 1000 acres in vegetables. Fruit Trees.-Fruit trees of various kinds, about 10,000. Vines: Gooseberry, 4,500; raspberry, 3,000; currant, 4,500; strawberry, 50,000; grape, 1,000. Live Stock.-Horses, 4,500; mules and asses, 100; cattle, 3,000; sheep, 1,000; goats, 300; hogs, 5,000; poultry, 5,000. Manufactures.*-Agricultural implements, 1, employing 25 men; assay esablishments, 7, employing 80 men; bag makers, 8; billiard balls, 2; billiard tables, 7; blacksmith shops, 35; block-letter, 1; blocks and pumps, 2; boiler shops, 2; bookbinders, 7; bootmakers, 34; boxmakers, 6; boxmakers, (paper,) 5; brass foundries, 5; breweries, 19, employing 100 persons; broom-makers, 2; brush manufactory, 1; cabinet makers, 55; camphene distilleries, 7; candle manufacturers, 5; cap manufacturers, 3; carpenter shops, 55; carriage and wagon manufacturers, 25; carvers and gilders, 8; cask factory, 1; chemical works, 1; cigar makers, 15; coffee and spice mills, 8; confectioners, 9; cooper shops, 33; coppersmiths, 8; cordage factory, 1; cutlers, 8; distilleries, 2; door, sash and blind factories, 9; doors, (iron,) 3; engravers, (wood and metal,) 18; flour mills, 11-steam, aggregate run of stone, 22, capacity per day, 1,360 barrels; foundries, 5, employing from 220 to 390 men; gas-fitters, 9; glue factories, 4; gold-beaters, 1; gold pen manufactory, 1; gunsmiths, 12; harness and saddle makers, 27; hatters, 23; ink manufacturer, 1; jewelers, (manufacturing,) 21; lapidaries, 4; lithographers, 4; locksmiths, 6; maccaroni and vermicelli factories, 2; machine shops, 30; malt factories, 2; marble yards, 5; match factory, 1; mathematical instrument makers, 4; mattress makers, 6; perfumery factory, 1; piano forte maker, 1; plumbers, 8; rice mills, 2; safe (iron) makers, 1; sailmakers, 11; salt mills, 2; saw manufacturers, 4; saw mills, 4-steam, cost of * The importance of San Francisco as the Metropolis of California, may be better understood by reference to the preceding pages of the REGISTER, than by a particular description of her numerous commercial and mechanical enterprises which might be inserted here. The facts and statistics therein set forth, are the most conclusive evidences of the enterprising spirit of her citizens, and her claims to the position of being the first commercial city of the Pacific.-[ED. construction, $60,000; sculptors, 8; ship and boat builders, 19; shipsmiths, 5; soap manufacturers, 6; soda factories, 6; stair builders, 3; starch factory, 1; stereotyper, 1; stucco workers, 2; sugar refineries, 2, employing 200 men; syrup and wine distillers, 8; tanneries, 4; taxidermists, 3; tin and sheet iron workers, 48; trunk makers, 1; turners, 4; type foundry, 1; umbrella makers, 2; vinegar manufacturers, 8; willow workers, 2. Population. The population of the city of San Francisco is estimated at 70,000, as follows: White, male, over twenty-one, 30,000; under, 11,000. Females, over eighteen, 18,000; under, 8,000. Chinese and colored, 3,000— total, 70,000. This estimate is based upon the returns, (incomplete,) of a census of the city, now being made, and it may be regarded as a fair approximation to the present population. Attorneys.-J. C. Albertson, Lewis Aldrich, J. E. Applegate, Orrin Bailey, E. D. Baker, P. Barry, G. Barstow, E. Bartlett, G. W. Beckh, D. P. Belknap, Calhoun Benham, N. Bennett, W. Bennett, F. Billings, D. Bixler, M. C. Blake, L. Blanding, W. Blanding, J. H. Blood, S. M. Bowman, James T. Boyd, J. L. Brent, John H. Brewer, S. H. Brodie, B. S. Brooks, E. L. B. Brooks, C. M. Brosnan, H. S. Brown, A. H. Bryant, C. Burbank, H. H. Byrne, O. Caler, J. E. Calhoun, A. Campbell, A. C. Campbell, T. Campbell, J. C. Carey, E. Casserly, C. M. Chamberlain, W. W. Chipman, N. W. Chittenden, D. Clark, J. Clark, W. H. Clark, R. P. Clement, R. S. Clyde, N. Compton, E. Cook, W. A. Cornwall, S. Cowles, W. W. Crane, Jr., J. D. Creigh, A. P. Crittenden, J. B. Crockett, E. O. Crosby, W. H. Culver, C. McC. Delany, P. Della Torre, W. Duer, S. H. Dwinelle, A. Ely, C. T. Emmett, F. A. Fabens, H. Fellows, J. B. Felton, C. G. Fenner, S. Flower, G. P. Fobes, D. Fraser, T. W. Freelon, M. H. Furman, J. R. Garniss, A. Glassell, E. L. Goold, G. A. Grant, G. H. Gray, C. V. Grey, R. V. Groat, A. J. Gunnison, J. S. Hager, J. B. Haggin, F. M. Haight, H. H. Haight, H. W. Halleck, W. P. Hallett, C. Halsey, T. C. Hambly, J. B. Harmon, J. B. Hart, W. Hart, J. Hartman, H. Hawes, W. Hayes, C. H. Hempstead, H. P. Hepburn, A. M. Heslep, S. Heydenfelt, A. H. Hitchcock, E. H. Hodges, J. P. Hoge, S. W. Holladay, N. Holland, V. E. Howard, N. Hubert, G. Hudson, C. J. Hughes, S. W. Inge, H. P. Irving, H. B. Janes, H. P. Janes, E. Johnson, S. L. Johnson, G. P. Johnston, S. D. King, H. J. Labatt, D. Lake, E. A. Lawrence, W. B. Leigh, J. A. Lent, F. J. Lippitt, H. S. Love, E. Mackinlay, J. B. Manchester, E. B. Mastic, H. McAllister, J. McCabe, J. C. McCeney, J. A. McDougall, Jesse McHenry, John McHenry, W. McNair, W. N. Meeks, A. Merrill, S. B. Mills, J. A. Monroe, E. J. Moore, J. B. Moore, M. Morrison, B. W. Mudge, D. J. Murphy, D. J. Murray, E. Musson, R. E. Newland, W. Newton, D. B. Northrop, E. Norton, J. A. Nunes, W. B. Olds, A. Packard, J. J. Papy, G. R. Parburt, T. W. Park, S. H. Parker, L. Parsons, B. T. Pate, A. C. Peachy, B. Peyton, F. M. Pixley, S. Platt, F. Poe, E. Pollock, N. Porter, O. C. Pratt, J. Pratt, E. J. Pringle, R. R. Provines, W. Rabe, R. Rankin, Edmund Randolph, W. S. Reese, J. A. Reichert, J. Reynolds, H. Rice, J. Rice, Jr., Alfred Rix, D. Rogers, R. C. Rogers, J. K. Rose, R. F. |