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We have rcrused @ith great .alisfac.
hoa The rePoi; Of James Whi,ecmb com
missioner ii the General Lord Office, sub.
'n'!ted 20 Congress through the Secretary
oi The Treasury. From IL Ne have com
i'.ed The i0!!'-.ins article, v hioh we hope
our 'c,--ss NIL b interested in.
here arc @. Land Offices m the uni-
frti s,ts'es. as f9iiows; = an Ohio, u IN It,-
.ilna. 10 "a Illinois d in Missouri. in
Altbsml, lin M,s5i'.ippi, in Louisiana,
- ~ fhtii IA, , in Arkansas. ) IN Wis
cousin ieut,pTy, as.I two in Florida Ter.
I'Dry. The aggregate sales at all these
ollccs tuyiO- the year lS]6 aud the three
q = quarters Of l~j1, amount in al 10
r.i.'y. one million two hundred ani niue
~ h.c ,h0ui-al Two hualrcl and flty
oae l-,iacs iOr.y-Gvc cents: Of which IA
Michigan alone wss received the sun of
TX 'u.!hol one hundred a7d siNtY hit
thousand nine bundled and ihirtv-two dol
lots vccaL, about onc-Giih Of lie hole:
Vie ka,aE AGO Land CiiiCe received OF
tic above mentioned sum tSo million
f7uy hundred AMI twen'y.eis ht thousand
Lsc hundred AMI fcF,y-,hrce dollars 81 ~
ocl's. Tie sGA oi acres sod IN Michi.
gan i1s the time specified Vas four nil.
iiou nine Auaigei end thirty thousand two
hlu,,l Ell .S.ca'y-,To. a4I .iI'y SIC
Lau!.cl.,s.
Ll.ls orl'r-, % lie surveyed since
Nlrch /, ie.l1. All Of which survey
have J.5a returned up to December .,
90 ot.a; Co more =. 9. {h.een mil
hlas ct which 595 200 acres are in
h'j-lt-r1. NJ Wa:comb', dlcun enis.
s..Aa'siiea T. CeAgrcs4 ia! Gh iAc Sccrc-
-, y. Re Eioa.ury, are remarkable lol
'Arir opnien,ed onprchensiycncss II We
why DE allowed such An cA preston. They
c-mg.s O.. besides several estimates, Il
i-a.es the 5r>l'i Of thorough inve,u CATION
49, Ill eis', cable labor, together Will
"'ssn beautiful maps, drawn with sctu,
pt.1., accuracy from the oti ginal plat,
mlI' By ne surveyors. Among, then
n.r Conspicuous the diagrams OF the en-.
L.. states v. Illinois aal Missouri. v,
Cs.rl extend or observations much fox
a. ..,. Us liI,rsble report; bat err
~ cl'.a IA, sketch, We must take tia
o.-.s MY II showing the immense IA
achieved ~ Mr.. WA.tconl5, BY ex
L.ss.-y oaC Ok tao items.
y Jul; tlr yc-. ending No-cmbeT 30
i-FI there were registered in the Gene
-! Llai Oa.cc tao hundred and six,ccI
ih1llai seven hundred and cihyty-fuu
'.'rys ol sales, during the same pcrio,
Ea'e been a,;u,iiy transmitted 10 ,hei
app Plato definitions upwards Of on,
landed AMI lh!rty five thousand psteLts
and he number written and recorded con
A.4e'ahiv exceeded the whole numbe
Transmitted IN the preceding four years
The Commissioner, moreover, eXprcssc
H., belle: tia; such further progress vi,
Ia a hort time be made N the rcgi>tr
ot sales 'hat, as a general rule, patent
N.il &c ISSUED within six months from To-
tn ~ FI:-hl4s Nlr. WAitcom5's dill
reac" 10 this respect will win praises OF
49, and - Eose viii they be NOR
cordially given than by our reader.
Wien i.f. NHicomb was appointed {
n3risi-'es tie aTIirs Of the Genera! Ian
O1-c, ioODD p1tent, were due 20 10
k1I4nal,o Land Office alone, none hay
a.: lecn issued lyr land, entered sine
.-,i, From the promplituGc and de.
patch, however, exhibited at present "
i4tc l.,tlp DOM, that by The cad Of hi
:-f m.-a u ,a5 great AREA! viii b
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