ROUGH ESTIMATES OF DISTANCES 34 Advantage in productions, 36--Coastwise trade, 36--South American trade, 36--Large existing trade, 37. TABLE--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. 38 PRINCIPAL EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885 39 APPENDIX--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 41 APPROXIMATE POPULATION IN THE YEAR 1887 OF THE WORLD 42 TOPOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY 43 Puget Sound, 44--Lake Washington, 44--West Washington and East Washington, 45--Coeur d'Alene Mountains, 46--The Great Plateau, 47--Coulées, 47--Columbia and Snake Rivers, 48. ALTITUDES IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY 49 CLIMATE 49 The climate of Washington Territory, 49--Mild and equable, 51--Rainfall, 51--No blizzards or cyclones, 53--Differences between East and West Washington, 53--Chinook wind, 55. SOILS 55 Soils all fertile, 55. TABLE SHOWING THE MEANS OF THE DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT 56 TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AT STATIONS OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE 57 A remarkable soil, 60. NATURAL VEGETATION 61 Vast vegetation, 61--Deciduous trees, 62--Larch, 62--Extraordinary evergreen forests, 63--Douglas fir, or Oregon pine, 63--The best of ship timber, 64--White cedar, 65--Beautiful house lumber, 65--Hemlock spruce, 65--Tanners wanted, 66--White pine, 66--Balsam fir, 66--Large supply of Canada Balsam, 67--The yew, 67--The superior timber of Snoqualmie Valley, 67--Range for horses and cattle, 69. LUMBERING 69 Magnitude of the lumber business, 70--Vast extent of the lumber market, 70--The great saw-mills, 71--Profits and prices, 73. AGRICULTURE 73