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Denny, of Denny Mines, 26 —Causes of delay in settlement, 26 —Population of Washington Territory, 27.

Majority of the human race in the countries of the Pacific, 28 —Change in the currents of trade, 28 —The China trade, 29 —The trade of the Amoor River, Japan, etc., 31 —The new railroad across Siberia to St. Petersburg, 32 —The American Pacific States have decisive advantages over all others in controlling the Pacific trade, 33 —Advantages in distances, 34.

Advantage in productions, 36 —Coastwise trade, 36 —South American trade, 36 —Large existing trade, 37.

—Ports of the Pacific showing total value of Exports of Domestic Merchandise for year ending June 30, 1885, June 30, 1887, and total value of Imports of Merchandise for year ending June 30, 1885, June 30, 1887.

—List of Exports of Domestic Merchandise, year ending June 30, 1885. Exported from the seven Customs Districts of the Pacific, 39 —List of Imports of Merchandise, year ending June 30, 1885. Imported into the seven Customs Districts of the Pacific

Puget Sound, 44 —Lake Washington, 44 —West Washington and East Washington, 45 —Cœur d'Alene Mountains, 46 —The Great Plateau, 47 —Coulées, 47 —Columbia and Snake Rivers, 48.

The climate of Washington Territory, 49 —Mild and equable, 51 —Rainfall, 51 —No blizzards or cyclones, public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@40132@[email protected]#Page_53"