SHIPBUILDING IN CALIFORNIA.
.There has been no time during the last half. century , when shipbuilding was so completely prostrated as now. It is strange that this interest, which was once' ! the glory of the country, should on any pretsxt be talced out of existence. We £ratknook©d th.c bottom
IroD, 120,9001b 1,209.06 Iron spikes, 9,3661b 249 15 Galvanised spikes, 2,4091b 60.23 Castings, 14,4081b 216.12 Chain cables and rigging chains, 58,3001b. 1,457.50 Anchors, 10,7001b 240.75 Metals, and nails for do., 20,3381b, ... 711.83 Salt, 1,200 bushels ... „. „. 216.00 Manila, 12,4231b 310.57 Hemp, 28,7741b. „. , 863.22 Duck for sails and housetops, including spare sails, 7,150 yards 714.90 Clinch rings, 1,8001b. ... .. ... 36.00 Foreign white pine lumber and deoking ... , 825.00 Foreign hackmatack knees ... . 330.00 Copper bolts, composition, casting*, paints, oils, crockery, cabin trimming!, nails, and sundry outfits „ ... ... 1,225.00 Total dutiable articles for 1,000-tou ship (goto) $8,664,43
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3403, 12 June 1868, Page 2
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138SHIPBUILDING IN CALIFORNIA. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3403, 12 June 1868, Page 2
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