The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-09
TIE NATIONAL DOMAIN.


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The Report or the General Land Coma.
missioner.
GENERAL LAND OfFlm, Nov. 80, 1858.
-In submitting the annual report Of the operations
sf this branch of the SERVICE have deemed sxpedisnt
- restrict the statements In it to the close Of the third
9Arer Of the current calendar year. except where
sAy exhibit the results of legislation by facts
asssrtAined since that time.
During that period 49, AL yed prin
spAly in Missouri Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, Iowa
Wisconsin and Minnesota and Of these and others pre-
vpusly surveyed ssl brought into
~ under the Presidents Proclamation exclusive OF the
nds heretofore reserved account of railroad grants
a.d which offered sale subject to the double
aninimum.
u the fiscal year ending the soth June last there we're
Ieestsd With Military warrants ei4Ss6o 90
q other CERT 1cates. s,4xo 90 .
Making a total thus disposed Of 1855 Isl 81 acres
In ADDITION TO ihess there wsre reported under swamp
Ind 1854 253 70 acres
Asd for internal improvements, rail
roads, &c ....................... 427, Asst 81
Making an aggregate of. 25 346 9s2 81 acres
For the quarter ending Goth September, 1858, there
Located with bounty land warrants.. las $50 90
Making total of.............. 24434 SO acres
Asported under swamp land grant. 2527695 20
railroad grants IO,llI W
Making an aggregate Of .......e o4l 27e 5S acres
mis- for the last fiscal year. compar
with the preceding, in sales anc loca
IONS d.... 1000 Zlo acres
And including swamp land selections OF 23I sls acres
Tho increase for TIE th quarter Of the cAlsn
dar yta the corresponding quarter OF previous
year, OF sales and locations is..... s63 5d2 acres
And including swamp land selections 49, 3d. 2s
These staten emit. bave ference only tn Ian
Rocky Ms untaps for although land district have
bern estabh.d in california and Oregon aad extensive
surveys have made there which have sided
the popdencs of the Office, lands have yet
bssn reported as disposed tf in those districts This
great increase The disposal OF the public dousip the
cause Of Oh viii be explained in su ,seqaent part
fis has odu sed corresponding inersGe IN the
duties Of all The divisions of this Office. Some idea may
- entertained of the amount Of labor performed during
the yea from the fact that there been issued
Ala Patents OF every descrp on including cash sales
bounty lands, under acts of 1872 1s47, 1850 and
1852 for swamp lands, reese vations under 10
dian treaties, and private land claims derived
from former governments, and confirmed by Con
gress and the courts, some of which occupy many
folio pages Of closely written manuscript For
the same period
8b,3a5 Cestifcates for cash sales
6, ISL Declar atory statements, and
Ze,751 Warrants were posted; snd
lee 6ls Selections for internal improvements, railroad
grants and swamp and oveTfoxsd lands, were
36l Receivers accounts adjusted.
1872 counts Of disbursing agents.
400 OF Surveyors general and deputy surveyors.
H3 Of publishers Of newspa pers.
Is for locating la warrants; and
Se2 refunding accounts were settled.
1867 pieces of scrip for Virginia revolutionary claims
we're issued. embracing l29, $50 acres; and
20s Of those claims Examined There
letters ed occupying Il 600 folio pages equal
to "a vols.
SCI letters registered occupying s2s4 pages equal to
1876 mar uscfip patents ocsupying aol pages.
1,6lo accounts recorded, - 595 psges-over
three large vols.
h addition these about 10 900 packages OF monthly
and quarterly returns letters lists abstracts &c.
been received IL 100 packages of patents blank
forms and circulars have been packed sealed directed
and transmitted from this office during the past fiscal
yssr and the official seal has been affixed to upwards Of
10000 patep Is and excmpffcations.
merely manual labor and is exclusive Of the
and difficult duties incident to general operations,
and which require great deal of time, and thorough
knowledge Of the land legislation Of Congress- Of foreign
and Indian treaties the decisions the courts the
sdents established and the laws usages and customs
ths foreign governments which preceded us in
gaignty.
h connection with the subject it gratifying to state
that Notwithstanding the extensive ramihcatcns of
hand system of the large amount of money collected
and disbursed under Ii by receive of public moneys and
Surveyors General loss has accrued to the Treasury
any apprshenaed All accounts of receivers OF
public n-Iey 10 the several capacities. have been AID
justed up and including he third quarter of cur
caller dar year. and the sales locations and eec
have geneI ally been posted 10 the same period
The sccounts of the Surveyors General deputy Survey
&c. have in like been adjusted to The ates
peio6 The surveys have been press forward in the
several districts with the utmost energy that the
Element of those districts may be promoted and the lands
Sod
The Recorders division been ac rely and zeaousIy
employ ed in the preparation of patents exemp6cations
r. and the may be said Of the several bounty land
divisions
The following statement exhibits the number Of war
the number located and the Der OUTSTANDING With
the number Of acres id each class