| The United States account against California. | $343,230,000 |
| California’s account against the United States. | 245,000,000 |
| Deficit. | $98,230,000 |
And now let us see how much money has been lost in and about California by casualties, accidents and mismanagement. The reader shall judge whether any part of the amount should be charged to the State. As for us, we shall simply feel it our duty to furnish the statistics. In regard to the expenses of Fremont’s Battalion, of the Army of Occupation in ’47 and ’48, and of the wars since waged against the Indians—amounting in all to several millions of dollars, we will say nothing.
In the annexed table is an account of the various fires that have occurred throughout the State. It will be perceived that the date of occurrence and amount of property destroyed are both given.
FIRES IN CALIFORNIA.
| Fire in | San Francisco, | December 24, 1849 | $1,000,000 |
| “ | “ | May 4, 1850 | 3,500,000 |
| “ | “ | June 14, 1850 | 3,000,000 |
| “ | “ | September 17, 1850 | 450,000 |
| “ | “ | December 14, 1850 | 1,000,000 |
| “ | “ | May 3, 1851 | 12,000,000 |
| “ | “ | June 22, 1851 | 3,000,000 |
| “ | “ | November 9, 1852 | 125,000 |
| “ | “ | Sundry fires in 1853 | 265,000 |
| Fire in | Sacramento, | November 2, 1852 | 10,000,000 |
| “ | Sonora, | June 18, 1852 | 2,500,000 |
| “ | Sonora, | October 14, 1853 | 300,000 |
| “ | Sonora, | November 2, 1853 | 50,000 |
| “ | Stockton, | May 6, 1851 | 3,000,000 |
| “ | Marysville, | August 30, 1851 | 500,000 |
| “ | Marysville, | September 10, 1851 | 80,000 |
| “ | Marysville, | November 7, 1852 | 150,000 |
| “ | Shasta, | February 8, 1853 | 225,000 |
| “ | Nevada, | March 10, 1851 | 200,000 |
| “ | Weaverville, | March 7, 1853 | 125,000 |
| Sundry fires in different parts of the State, dates unobtainable | 4,400,000 | ||
| $45,870,000 | |||
| Freshets and inundations, in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, have swept off or destroyed one million five hundred thousand dollars worth of property within the last six years | $1,500,000 | ||
The following sailing vessels and steamers have been wrecked upon the coast within the same period:
SAILING VESSELS—SOME WITH CARGOES.
| Ship | Tonquin—December, 1849 | —$2,300,000 |
| “ | Crownprincessen—February, 1850 | |
| “ | Utica—July, 1850 | |
| “ | Somerset—December, 1850 | |
| “ | Oxford—July, 1852 | |
| “ | Aberdeen—July, 1853 | |
| “ | Carrier Pigeon—June, 1853 | |
| “ | Eclipse—October, 1853 | |
| “ | Jenny Lind—December, 1853 | |
| “ | San Francisco—February, 1854 |
STEAMERS.