Around the mill was quite a town, in which a large number of races and nationalities were represented. This mill cut about 59,000,000 feet in 1887. Up to the 10th of November it had shipped as follows: To California, 32,464,763 feet; to South America, 6,847,427 feet; to Sandwich Islands, 1,799,891 feet; to Australia, 6,681,668 feet; to Feejee Islands, 511,815 feet; and used at home for ship-building, railroads, etc., 2,312,000 feet. The Tacoma Mill Company and the Washington Mill Company produced the following lumber, etc., during 1886 and the first ten months of 1887: LUMBER. LATH. PILES. FEET. NO. LINEAR FT. Tacoma Mill 103,448,350 28,815,095 642,385 Washington Mill 42,195,478 8,772,800 266,403 There were other large mills whose statistics I was not able to get in time. Mr. Walker thinks that the cut of all the mills on Puget Sound averages 1,200,000 feet per day; all of which finds ready sale. [Sidenote: Profits and prices.] I was not able to ascertain the profits of these mills, but there can be no doubt that, with proper management, the profits are very good. The Seattle wholesale prices were as follows: Lumber, common, per thousand feet $12 00 " sized, " " " 14 00 " Flooring $15 00 to 20 00 Dressed lumber, per thousand feet 14 00 to 30 00 Laths 2 00 to 2 25 Shingles 1 50 to 2 00 AGRICULTURE. [Sidenote: Clearing the land.] [Sidenote: Demand for agricultural products.] [Sidenote: Large crops.] [Sidenote: Hop-growing on a large scale.]