. The city and county of Los Angeles in southern California . seven southern counties of the State, namely, Los Angeles,Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura and SantaBarbara. The area of this section is about equal to that of Pennsyl-vania, and nearly as large as England. The population, in 1880,was 64,371, or 7*4 per cent, of the population of the State. In 1890it was 201,352, or 167^ per cent, of the population of the it is 335,600, or more than 20 per cent of the population ofCalifornia. The growth of this section has, indeed, been most re-markable. One of the m

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. The city and county of Los Angeles in southern California . seven southern counties of the State, namely, Los Angeles,Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura and SantaBarbara. The area of this section is about equal to that of Pennsyl-vania, and nearly as large as England. The population, in 1880,was 64,371, or 7*4 per cent, of the population of the State. In 1890it was 201,352, or 167^ per cent, of the population of the it is 335,600, or more than 20 per cent of the population ofCalifornia. The growth of this section has, indeed, been most re-markable. One of the most noteworthy features of the development ofSouthern California during the past few years has been the utiliza-tion of an abundant subterranean water supply, which was not pre-viously known to exist. Southern California can no longer withjustice be referred to as a semi-arid section. It is estimated thatduring the past three years over inches of water have beendeveloped from underground sources, an amount sufficient to irrigate500,000 acres of

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