, 1862-12-05
THE PUBLIC LAgD9.


The report is volumtncua. Du:ing the
year enrye.~ hare bsen n,ad. in t0i:consIn,
Mirnt sofa, Dakots, Nebraska, Ka.sas, New
Mexieo, Colorado. California. Oregon. Wash
o. ttv S0th September, 1861 there vas of public
l=nas on hand surveyed, off .rsd, nnotfarel aud
uusold, 49,, ,2l8, $50 50 acres; deduct disposed
q curing the quar:sr ending 50sn September,
1861, lS5,ao.s7 acreE, !eares, on The 30.tl
june, tlsG1, SURVEYED. offered, !.node:ed. and
u1sold, 134. .o32, ,46l OF acres. To this add
lands returned Is surveyed during the year
tndirg 30:h June, 1862, 2,G73, l.52 acres;
tl=o those returned as surveyed in quarters
en1i.g s0sA Septeniber, 1862, 46l,Ys5 90,
mailing total Q. lS7, ,167, ,52S d aeres, less tue
ing 3oth September, 1862, as hereinafter iali.
Gated, o.0o4 529 43, leaving surveyed, offered,
urofere6, ard Hndtercset1 Of or the 3Oih SEQ
tenber, 1862, 1355, IL, 500 acres. This aggra-
gste consists OF uaoHer@d lauds, 81 ~; $40 50
cludipg the lands in Califortis, referred to in
the report OF 1861 as then under procla-
maticn-
During the year ending 39sh Jane, 1862,
there we're disposed Of for cash 144,343,97
acres, amounting to 5125. o4s.3 30: loc .red with
lied Under railroad grants to Iowa aud Micai-
ESD, 597. .129. 10 acres; approved and certified
curing the same as Swamp land, "a, 116 acres
making an aggregate dfsnosed OF during the
year ending 5oth June, 1862, Of 81, ,92a acres.
During the quarter ending Soth September,
1862, there wire sold for cssh (part estimated)
9.a08 6S acres, for12, 1896; located BY bocaty
land warrants (part estinlated), 100,22S 35
acres; certified under railroad grants to Wis
consin and Minnesota, 536, ,7G9.82 acres; ap-
proved 10 SAME quarter as SWAMP lands, 200
acres. Total quantity disposed Of in the five
quarters ending 30sh September, 1861. 2.034.-
5@9.43 acfts; aggregate cash receipts during
same period, SIC, ,47e 26.
PUBLIC SALES.
On the 2SEh Of May, 1862, the Presidents
proclamation was issued for sales ii Oregon,
TO take place in Oclober, 1862. embracing
4422, 422 100 o5 acrez, aud on the Both May, 1863,
proclamation was Issued for sale il Wis
e5rsin, also to take place in October, 1862,
Tor 81. 1858 acres, making an aggregate pro-
claimed since last report, Of 5,250, ,963 9S.
There are now about two and three-touc.h5
millions Of acres in Washington Territory,
sur7eYed and ready for market, which j. is
proposed to recommend FOR proclamation.
The Department has granted, 1uriagshe Year,
537, I'll land warrants, represented IS S70 80
ac1ee. There wera. at5the tate.of the report,
g., ,913 warrants outstanding aud unsasietlsd.
RAILROAD GRANTS.
By approved lists, converting title in virtue
Of the act of August 5, 1854. there have Eaen
certified during the year ending 3o.h June,
1862. to the State Of Iowa, los, 1920 acres;
to the State Of Michigan. 4SS, ,7GG 81 acres;
making in the aggregate 597, LIZ. 10. No ap-
prevails have been certified for Iowa or Mich!-
Ean Egs1, in The quarter ending 30th September,
1862. List OF railroaa lands were, however,
made up in September, 1862, al follows:
For Wisconsin, acres .M2,252 Is
For Minnesota, ac-es es............194. SIT II
Total. 36,Te9.8s
Ender the railroad grants, By acts OF 1856
and 1857, the following quautiiies nave been
certified 10 the several States, as hereinafter
mentioned:
zexa zssss s. 2 r;egiaa AS5ss g %
Minnesota 19sS zsa 81 mississippi, 172,t51W
Making q total Of acres II, ,13,, ,sy6 &c
The report dea1a aI length With the r,lI.
roads Of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
elsewhere, aud treats Of tue ramp lands OF
Giinnescta, Oregon, Iowa, aRd Louisiana,
Ihe num6sr Of acres Of Swamp lands ap-
| proved to the several States. the benedciariss
| under The grants nf 1910 so, iron the cum
| Increment Of operations t. 3o:a S.ptsub. II.
1862, is u ~, 44,49S, 49S $50 o3 acres.
Iowa is the only State that has signifad its
acceptaree of lands granted for the support
| Of agricultural colleges.
| That portion OF, the repart which relates to
tle prcgreSs of iend sar7e5s Gays oi Florida
| and Louisiana that the surveying operations
| were interrupted On the 9Th February, 1861,
| by the Surveyor Generals delivery of the
! archives ard other tsidences OF tia SURVEYS
| both Of public lands and private claims to the
| nsurrecti:1ary authorities.
The land surveys elsewhere for tae year may
| be summed up IN acres thus:
Gsliiornia...- Cs 1es,1ls New Mexico. ,aa.gA
] DaSo1a ----.-. S12. 1a4 Nevada -...... 1fT5sl
MinEeseta 216z1 ,Js5 kaneas- II, ,s9s GG1
Iowa. 49,. Office cIased. NehrYska 7pnfS9ET
Oregon 6al9 ,6sl WISCONSIN, ..:I22 ~ a693
| Colorado 2!1 1n!ns of Washi ! agtou
standard H1ee and 2s7 Tef11tGry. 2 s13 457
| snsles Ut township