poor farmer to be poor in pocket in a country like this.
To the above general account of Oregon farming, we add a few items about trade and revenue.
By the politeness of the Custom House officials in Astoria we are placed in receipt of the following statistics of the imports, exports, and clearances at that port from January 1st, 1871, to August 25th, 1871: Total value of exports to foreign countries, $36,167. Included are—to Peru, lumber, 391 M, $4,100; spars, etc., $388. To China, lumber, 388 M, $3,496; spars, etc., $469. To Hawaiian Islands, lumber, 229 M, $2,189; spars, etc., $438. The Knappton Mills ship full cargoes of lumber to San Francisco every month, but they do not report at the Custom-house, and we have no account of them. Total value of imports from foreign countries, $143,425. Number of vessels in foreign trade, cleared, 23; tons, 11,451. Number of vessels cleared in coast trade, 267; tons, 122,914.
The monthly report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, No. 11, shows the following imports and exports for Oregon during the eleven months ending May 31, 1871:
