The Tipton advertiser., 1875-12-16
TUE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.


siness Of the PAtent Once indicates in some
nea sure the progress OF the industrial pros
perity Of the country. rb. receipts Of the
office are In excess of its expenditures, and
the Office generally 10 in q prosperous and
satisfactory condition.
The report Of the General Land Office
shows that there were 2, 45a t9l acres les
disposed Of during this than during the last
Year. More than one-half of this decrea sc
was In lands disposed of under the home
stead and timber-culture laws. The Cause
Of this decrease are supposed to be found in
the grasshopper scourge and the drouths
which prevailed so extensively In some OF
the frontier States and Territories during
| that time - to discourage AMI deter entrie.
| by actual settlers. The cash receipts were
less by &ooo, ,s22. % than during the preceding Z
| year.
The entire surveyed area of the public do
main Is CSC, Is, GA acres, of which 2o,0s7, ,53l
| acres were surveyed during the past year
leaving LIZA, Al ,7oa acres still unsurveyed
| The report of the Commissioner present.
/ many interesting suggestions in regard to
| the management ana disposition of the pub
! lie domain, and the modification OF eyistin :
laws, The apparent Importance Of which
should Insure for them the careful considc
ration OF Congress.
The number Of pensioners etill continue,
to decrease, the highest number having been
| reached during the year ending June 30
| 1874 During the lat year II ,s51 were added
to the rolls, and 1877 were dropped there
from, showing . net decrease OF |, ,426. Bu
whild the number OF the pensioners has
decreased, the annual amount due on the
pension rolls has increased Si4 Ta3. l3. This
10 caused by the greatly increased average
rate OF pensions, which, by the liberal legi.
lation OF Congress, has Increased from $50 70
In 1879, to sl03.9i in 1878, to each invalid
pensio1er, an increase In the average rate of
10 per cent. In the tbre- years during the
year ending June 80, 1875, there was pad
on account Of pensions including the ey
penSe OF disbursement, S2s,e ll6, being
tSsO031 less than was paid the preceding
year. This reduction in the amount of px
penditures was produced by the decrease In
the amount OF arrearsges due on alio srd
claims and On pensions, the rate OF which
wss increased by the legislation of the pre-
ceding seasion Of Congress. Atlh close OF
the last fscai year, there were Oh The pen
sion rolls "a, ,szi persons, OF whom sIO, 363
were army pensioners, lo5,41s being inval
Ids, and 10y, ,oo5 widows and dependant rela
tiyes; 40 were navy pensioners, of whom
l,036 were invalids. and LISA widow. and
dependent relatives, 81 ,u3s were pension
ers OF the War Of 1872, 5,sT5 OF whom were
survivors, and 5. .163 were widows Iii. esti
mated that s29, ,535, ,ooO will be required for
the payment OF pensions for the next fiscal
year, an amount 1855 go less than the est
mate for the present year.
The geological explorations have been
prosecuted with energy during the year
covering an AREA OF about 10000 square
miles In the territories OF Colorado, Uiah
sDd New Mexico, developing the agricutu
raj and mineral resources, and furnishing
interesting scientihc and Typographical d.
tails Of that re zion.
The m ~thOd for the treatment OF the Indi
ans adopted at the beginning Of my first
term has been steadily pursued. and with
satisfactory and encouraging results II
has been productive Of evident I'm provrment
In the condition Of that race. aud will he
continued with only such modiicati ms as
further experience may indicate to be nee,
essary. s5##
VARIOUS MATTERS.
l transmit here the report of the Com
missioner OF Agriculture, together with the
reports OF the rOmmiss oner OF the Board Of
Audit and the Board OF Health of the Dlstric |
Of Columbia. TO al Of which | invite your
attention. The Bureau Of Agriculture has |
accomplished much In disseminating knoul |
Ddxs Of agriculture, and also introducing |
aeH And urs. ui products adapted TO our ell |
nAte, cod isW0vthy the continued encour-
I9ement Of the Government.
The report Of the Commissioner Of Educa
ioa, which accompanies Tie report Of the ]