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tons per week. The cost of the establishment, complete, is about ninety-two thousand dollars. The mill is now in operation, and the result, so far, has fully realized the expectations of the enterprizing proprietors, Messrs. S. P. Taylor and V. P. Post.

6. IRON FOUNDRIES AND MACHINE SHOPS.

There are fourteen iron foundries at present in operation in this State, several of which are of an extensive character, and well supplied with all the appliances necessary for the manufacture of machinery of the heav iest description. The works of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, at Benicia, and the several establishments located in San Francisco and Sacramento, will favorably compare with similar works in the Eastern States, and they have up to the present time fully met the demand created by the use of machinery in this State. In addition to these works there are several establishments for the manufacture of steam engines and boilers; and throughout the State there may be found numerous smaller shops, devoted to the working of metals, which yield to their proprietors a remunerative return for their industry and enterprise.

7. MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER.

There are eighteen tanneries at present in operation in this State, the capacity of which is amply sufficient to supply the State with leather. Amount of capital employed, ninety-four thousand dollars.

8. CALIFORNIA METALLURGICAL WORKS.

These works are situated in the City of San Francisco, and are both extensive and well adapted for the assaying of different descriptions of ores, and especially for the extraction of gold from the tailings of quartz mills.

The establishment of these works is an important movement for the mining interest of the State, and the operations, so far, have fully equaled the expectations of the proprietors, Messrs. Uznay, Haraszthy & Co.

There are several establishments located in various parts of the State for the assaying and refining of gold and other metals, and an extensive mill has been recently erected at Sutter Creek, Amador County, to extract the gold from the "tailings" of quartz mills, etc. It is propelled by water power, and cost to erect, including the kiln, fifteen thousand dollars.

9. DISTILLERIES AND BREWERIES.

There are four extensive distilleries in the State: two at San Francisco, one at San Bernardino and one at Tehama. Amount of capital employed, one hundred thousand dollars.

The number of breweries in the State is one hundred and four, several of which are quite extensive and in operation throughout the year; they are generally, however, small establishments and only intended to supply the

demand for malt liquors of the locality or neighborhood in which they are situated. Amount of capital employed not known.

10. FERRIES AND BRIDGES.

The amount of capital employed by the different ferries, is estimated at three hundred thousand dollars. This amount does not include the cost of the steamers employed on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers.

There are one hundred and seventeen bridges constructed, the aggregate cost of which is about five hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

11. SHIP BUILDING.

This branch of trade, although in its infancy in California, has already become quite an important feature of the business of San Francisco. During the past year there were several steamers and sailing vessels constructed, and at the present time there are three steamers and several vessels on the stocks intended for the bay and river trade.

12. U. S. DRY DOCK AT MARE ISLAND.*

These extensive Government works, attached to the United States Navy Yard, Mare Island, are by the authority of the Navy Department placed at the disposal of the Merchant Marine of the Pacific, at such rates of dockage as will defray the expenses of repairs, etc. The capacity of these works is sufficient to accommodate the largest vessels of the United States Navy. Cost of construction, one million four hundred thousand dollars.

There are numerous other branches of industrial enterprises established in different parts of the State, which are entitled to a particular reference in this department of the REGISTER, but the limits of the work will not permit that attention which, under other circumstances, it would be pleasing to bestow.

For a description of the different Steamship Companies of California, see the pages of this work in front of the title.

*For a description of the Navy Yard, see page 135.

THE

STATE REGISTER,

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1857.

PART SIXTH.

COUNTIES OF THE STATE.*

THE Clerk of each county is Clerk of all the courts of the county, except those created by municipal authority. He is also ex officio County Recorder and County Auditor, except in those counties which have, by special enactment, a County Recorder; in such cases, (except San Francisco County, where provision exists for that office being distinct and separate,) the County Recorder is ex officio County Auditor.

The District Attorney, in addition to a salary, receives certain fees provided by law. The compensation of the Superintendent of Common Schools is established by the Board of Supervisors.

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Alameda County, organized 1853. Boundaries: North by Contra Costa, east by San Joaquin, south by Santa Clara and Bay of San Francisco, and west by Bay of San Francisco.

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* In the preparation of the preceding pages of the REGISTER, it has been deemed expedient to arrange a variety of information connected with the different counties, in tabular form, in order to exhibit the condition of the State in many respects, and to present certain facts connected therewith. Such data will not be repeated in this portion of the work.-[Eds.

The Amendments to the Laws of the Legislature of 1857, so far as they are consistent with the plan of the REGISTER, have been carefully incorporated under appropriate heads in this department. April 15, 1857.-[EDS.

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