Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-12-11
Public Lands and Patent Statistics
The following statement and statistics
are taken from the late report of the
Secretary of the Interior:
PUBLIC LANDS

PUBLIC LANDS.
During the fscal year ending June 30, 1874
pu bile lands were disposed of as follows: Cash
sales, /. Al 345. .46 acres; military-warrant lOca
tions, lS3,160; homestead entries, s5lss6l 63 tim
ber.culture entries, S03, 94547; Agricultural Col
lege scrip locations, H. 932 9S approved to States
swamp, 2O!, 1881; certified TO railroads, 3,Sh4,
3l442; certified for wagon-roads, 57,S21 II: certi
ned for Agricultural Colleges 1l4,2s9 ls; certifee
for common schools, 69,Ss9.s4; certified for uni
versties, 64,636.52; approved to States for inter
nal improvements, l3l,ss6.7O; Sioux half-breeo
scrip locations, 10; Chippewa, do, ll,67l.li
Total, 30, S7293 acres-a quantity less by 3,49a,
733 "a acres than that disposed OF the preceding
Cash receipts s2,a69, $3.50, being ssss577 lees
than those of the preceding year.
During the year q, ,492 iIO43 acres were surveyed
making ,39 ',052 acres already surveyed, anC
leaving unsurveyed /, 1850 ,34e acres
The diminution IN the aggregate quantity O.
lands disposed of during the year is chiefly owinG
to the amount certified to railroads-3,26l,3l4.4
acres in the year ending June 30, 1874, against
6 60s3, 1861 acres in that ending June 30 1873
Nsarly million acres were entered under the
Timber act, which augurs well for the now treeless
prairies of the West. The entries under this sne
the Homestead act exceed by over half million
acres like entries during the preceding year.
The rapid destruction Of timber in this coUn
try, and especially that which is found on the
public lands, is a source of great solicitude to al
persons who have given the subject any consid
GRAFTON. II this destruction progresses in the fu
ture as rapidly as in the past the timbered lands
of the Government will soon be denuded of ev
erything that is valuable. Effective Legislation
protecting these lands from such waste is abso
:
without serious injury TO the public interests.
Under the laws now in force for the disposition
of public lands it is difficult II not impossible te
obtain more than the minimum price - per
acre) for land, however valuable. When tim
bered lands are advertised for sale private par
ties, desiring to purchase, make such arrange
ments and combinations as to prevent CON peti,
tion hence the lands, If disposed OF at ALL are sole
at the minimum when offered at public
sale, and, if not then sold, are i'm
mediateIy entered at the minimum Govern.
ment price by such parties. The most ehectaal
means OF preventing these practices Is IN the
judgment Of the Secretary, TO adopt the sugges-
tions of the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office that pine and fir lands shall not be subject
to entry under the Presumption and Homestead
laws, that a system of surveys be devised by
which the quantity of pine and hr timber on each
smallest subdivision OF section may be at least
closely approximately; that an immediate ex-
ploration by experts of the unsurveyed portion
of those States and Territories known 70 contain
pine and fir timber be made, with view OF as
certaining the geographical situation OF such
districts; that the reports of such explorations
be followed by immediate surveys, uppraisements'
roclamations and sales, at not less than the ap-
praised value, and for cash only.
PATENTS.
The operations of the Patent ohice during the
wear show large increase over those OF the pre-
ceding wear, The number of applications, in
clusiye OF reissues and designs, was sl,UU, OF
which IA 545 were allowed; 2lY applications lOr
extens sions were hled, of which an were
granted and 1850 patents were allowed Out
mot Issued on account of failure 10 pay the maj
ices six hundred and ninety-six applications
for trademarks and labels have also been nied OF
which aS3 were granted registration Inc tolaI
amount of fees received was Sl2l lll,35, ana the
total expenditures were S69i iu75; a. leaving pal
anee OF 81 ,Oii63 sum greater by 80 sou thAh
that Of the preceding year