| Year Ending June 30. | Quantity. | Value. | Rate of Duty. | Amount of Duty Col- lected. | Addi- tional and Discrim- inating Duty. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pounds. | Dollars. | Per lb. | Dollars. | Dollars. | ||||
| 1879 | 3,369,475 | 247,075 | 06 | 21⁄2 c. | 84,236 | 89 | — | |
| 1880 | 6,266,413 | 440,507 | 00 | 21⁄2 c. | 156,660 | 34 | — | |
| 1881 | 3,420,427 | 379,382 | 55 | 21⁄2 c. | 85,510 | 72 | — | |
| 1882 | 8,874,186 | 678,341 | 87 | 21⁄2 c. | 221,854 | 70 | — | |
| 1883 | 5,345,324 | 489,108 | 38 | 21⁄2 c. | 133,633 | 09 | — | |
| 1884 | 7,840,634 | 504,532 | 02 | 2 cts. | 156,812 | 68 | — | |
| 1885 | 7,774,492 | 516,083 | 63 | 2 cts. | 155,489 | 84 | 6 | 50 |
| 1886 | 6,988,642 | 499,985 | 80 | 2 cts. | 139,772 | 84 | — | |
| 1887 | 8,752,898 | 488,632 | 00 | 2 cts. | 175,057 | 96 | 137 | 00 |
| 1888 | 9,965,584 | 495,541 | 50 | 2 cts. | 199,311 | 68 | — | |
Statement of Consumption of Currants and Raisins per Head of Total Population in 1884:
| United Kingdom of Great Britain. | 4.38 | pounds. |
| United States of North America. | 1.70 | “ |
Prices Ruling in the California Raisin Districts:
It is not my intention to give here a regular prospective estimate of the cost of a raisin vineyard and the profits to be derived therefrom. Such an estimate, applicable to every case, cannot be made out; about it not two raisin-growers with equal experience would agree. Below I simply give isolated statistics of costs of the various operations necessary in the raisin industry. Each one can figure for himself, and my advice is to add liberally to the calculated expenses, if disappointment would be avoided.
As to the profits of a raisin vineyard, the reader will by this time understand how it might vary, how it must depend upon nice little circumstances, never foreseen and only to be taken advantage of or counteracted by the experienced grower. The high statements which have been given in these pages as samples of how much might be gained from an acre of raisin-vines can never be counted on as regular. From fifty to several hundred dollars per acre may be obtained as net profit by care, skill and favorable circumstances, but an average of seventy-five dollars per acre can be considered a conservative sum, which the owner of a good irrigated vineyard may calculate on as a safe net profit. Many do not reach even that. But, even with that profit per acre, how many horticultural industries can be counted on to produce better results? Very few, if any. For the benefit of those who desire figures to guide them, the following statistics are offered. They have been carefully compiled in company with T. C. White, one of the most prominent raisin-growers the State has ever had. These statistics refer especially to the Fresno district, but they will be found to differ but little from those elsewhere in this State.
Land suitable to raisins can be had at from fifty to two hundred dollars per acre. No one not thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of raisin land should attempt to rely on his own judgment alone in making a selection.
Vines, already rooted, at from ten to twenty dollars per thousand vines. An average would be fifteen dollars. The cost of rooting vines is from one dollar to two dollars and fifty cents per thousand, according to locality and circumstances.
Cuttings, from two to three dollars per thousand, more or less, according to size and quality.
Planting rooted vines, one cent per vine. Planting cuttings, half a cent per cutting.