The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-12-10
Neeclpts IT the Leading Nnh.Trrasurics
tur thu Fiscal Ncar.

Tho Tinstuiy Department al Washington
has RECEIVED the i~lnrns ftam the ,ninripal
ani.r,ra.n,ie@. William r. Nichols. sub.
Treasurer nj Ihlrsgo, liar male his annual III.
tnrnn ~ tho amount IN l,nrin0T~ slu,tr in hts
office I'll, ihn last lis.ai srsl. There were ~.
cslycd train custom r0nne@. II ,SaI IE,, ftun,
Internal revenue, Ell. ial 1aj. from Tie pawt.
office. .l,.''d.fHi. Tho total amount III huri.
nors tnr ths fiscal s.a, was 4il.sha,d,si The
amount Of hns.ue-p dome iA~s svsr Wa 80.
IA p5n T,i- .howr All ln.feaae lurMf, The
iart t..esl seaf ~ ~, a.5,Ti
III. nnsilh' IA receipts Al t.nnssi Ma
tl7,nnu.tAn.
The Department Has received i.tufns IL tie
Lueiuens transacted Al tin I,e~ton sni.Ircas.
my during the Last hNeal vest The items
f,on which tie principal re,enu. IL derived
are from customs, AtA. 7dH alsg from internal
revenue, snn7, sos from the Io~tonce. sHsn.
-tH lhr total aninun ~ hisihpss transacted
Ma ,s,'Ab.2Al,
lhese returns, Wien snriiNrtttl With ihAre
VI lAet NtAi, riiuA al aggregate increase III
iaiAincsr, hut q lin, nnslon III receipts stem
r~risn ~unlses i,ast year The receipts from
customs sf..tfssn Mere something tnnte tsn
4is.Na, INN. flis ssrr l,es ste III, Dts. tal
ncsf Il Nm. INN ierr TN lie uthef hand lie
| receipts IN lat yGal including iiie halHnr.
on hah. Mas si.nDu.ntn. nlailn lie receipts fnl
I this ssaf intlniing The haIsltu nn and ii
more tian lns nstl.iHe,,
The aggregate Amount III lns,nesN dah. I'll,
! the New York sub. Treasury daring Tia ia.t
lisssl yesr NA@ sIus, mn. HHi. Tho Amunlt If
rncelrts iron, s'l~,o,,r ~ liz rofi II New York
MA fill, INN, nsa,, The balance ri the end OF
the last fiscal ye1f VAS Il ~ DIN, moo
the Public l.anAs.
the report ~ tho commissioner ~ tho ten.
oral Land Once gives s0fne interesting aai . III
regard 10 Tim lsisinena 1f lilo ljnrcau during
The last fiscal year. The falling an IN ''drpos-
AIN lAs heeh equAl 10 over twenty Two per
cent and In chiefly due 10 tia gts~shonlnf
plague, IL nnnsuAl drought in certain localities
and - tho decreased volume III immigration
Tho Gom.ni sslohcr given special prominence
| ~ tla necessity VI tile government tAkin.
| ruine measures ~ arrest tho iHdiscrinlinAlu
HAcsiflre 81 mountain timber on itn uwn do
mAiu, whereby tho continuous feeding Of
streams flom the gradual melting VI tho snow
In 20 iisAsarousiy lnierfered will, Tho Conn
missioner strongly recommends that all tiul.
\ bNr lAhis owned by tho government he m.
praised and thrown ui~n ~ pnrchArc, i, nol lear
than thar spprsiscd value Ile N ~ orlnion
| that tnies~ they esr thus placed tudor r,lsste
guardianship The hns tuferts ~ tha eaun.
| t,y Will saon DO wAstefnlly exhausted
ny lumber companies .-and spectators,
Win are HOW strsrIany slls land of IT, tlmbel
tsn.let cosef III .dnmtns prescription, Of With.
out any rresenso Of sAc oi,scfyaiics Of the law,
while tia Government deriy~a no revenue
from IL property. and tAs country ~ursAins Il.
most ivssl,AsALle damses ftom this ~waerina
dsnuding u large areas Of IT, water sllctls,
lie Alsp condemns tbs practice Of extending
subdivision surveys over immense bodlss Il
worthless land west vi tim hun1vtdtl mriId
~. And suggests thAs oAly such tract. b
nisuul<ly surveyed ~ have any attractions fo
settlers, liz alan recommend that provision
Va madp to- connecting tLa land ohloe surveys
viii, important points established Ly ke0loNluA
surveys ~ territories, and that monuments Il
sss.lol. sorters Ute, be constructed luiA n,ucl
more iAstluE manner. Tho Ievomms hdAitol
VI HIS lHedtcess0r that lte.smltiou Law
ahould 6s abolished and the homestead syStAu
J made llio only msth0d III acquiring lille i
agricultural lands, Ii repeated w Commissloi,
u Buids and earnestly urged upou the II
J tsnsi0u u Congress,