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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />\ <br />j <br /> <br />! <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />t <br />) <br />) <br /> <br />, .... <br /> <br />I:\TROl)tCTIU~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />Popu]atiOlftm..a~s"'or each cenSllS year since 1890, with estintates <br />from reliable local sources for 193R, both for the aren as a whole <br />and present District cities, are as follows: <br /> <br />Y,,"r <br /> <br />Hi.lri"I..;li... <br /> <br />1-:"li....I"..," <br /> <br />Ill'X1 K!...122 l-W.S.UI <br />II,(W) 12J.2fI-1 235.820 <br />1')10 3<J1.5<.j5 M8.0.1/l <br />lQ20 -;.17.18.1 1.08.">.000 <br />\'/3(1 1.665,8..\3 2."91.000 <br />I'ns (...liIl1JlI...]1 2,028.0110 3.0CI0.OOlj <br />The wealth of the basin is derived frum many sources: the oldest <br />and perhaps most fundamE'ntal resollrce heing agriculture. SouthM <br />ern California oranges are world renowner'! and other citrus crops <br />are valuable. Deciduous fruits. lIutS. grapes, avocados, and other <br />specialized crops also thrive. and all staple vejletahles and food- <br />stutfs are produced in abundance. <br />Petroleum is another l.l."l.sic source of wealth. The basin pro- <br />duced 107,918,000 barrels of oil and 191 billion cubic feet of na- <br />tural gas in 1937. In addition to this. large quantities of oil and <br /> <br />, \ <br /> <br /> <br />,4 I.m Arr~"'n Courrh oil firM <br /> <br />