The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-16
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
Mr. niMmo's hnnuAL REPORT
Documeni ruii Of Omeiai Figures. im-
portant Information, Interesting
Comparisons aud souhd suE-
gsstions Industries,

WAsHINGfnS, Oct, lO.-lie commits
sioher 81 the general land office has
submitted a report on The operations nj
the Office for the fiscal year which
ended June 81, 1854. Sales, entries aud
selections III public lands embraced
N9i,s4,Oii acresi Indian lands, CH7,ls
acres; total, q 1851, 40 acrosi AN Increase
over the year 1881 ofS,lO ,l3n acres, and
over lSs2of l3,4A,OIi acres, The receipts
from disposals of public lands Were
sll,siO,99l; nom Indian lands, ssfis,l a1
total, $l2,II9, lal; an increase over lsSi
of 81 ,O7a,36i, AMI an increase over lNS3 al
Si,Sa2, $50, Ia which II la he added 5000,
received for certified copies OF records,
making the total receipts for the year
Sl2,-S9, Hos. Total number Of entries and
filings 2sl,sl2; aggrogating 40,isD,0O
acres, an increase over the
preceding year of CART, Tho
number OF entries approved for
other laws, 60,2I6, an Increase over the
previous year OF d,isl. Agricultural
patents numbered 5l,3S7, M Increase OF
SIS over the preceding year. Number oi
private cash entries, 1881, and 3,2Dj,I0l
acres were sold under the presumption
law, an increase OF .to,Ssl acres over the
preceding wear. Receipts from cash
fliNrt GlNfoN-ffR-f hi NNNAhR' ''hA'
over l.S2 per acre; 3,llS tracts of land,
embracing 2OO,UO acres, were sold nj
public auctiou; salo average, S2.oi per
aero. The commissioner renews his
recommendation that the presumption
law pe repealed, and that he most I'M
p0rtant, that Of the homestead, he
amended so ~ to require proof of actual
residence and improvements for W.
years before a homestead entry may
be commutod TO cash payment. He
recommends the repeal of the timber
culture act, tho net providing that lands
covered by ACCOMPLISHMENTS shall be
subject to entry immediately upon can
.elitation nj the local office, the desert
land law aud the timber aud stone law
act. There were | OF miles OF railroad
constructed during tho year under
various grants. the commissioner sug-
gests thai a commission he appointed 10
examine and decide upon unsettled pr
waite land claims in New Mexico, Colo-
RADIO and Arizona and recommends the
re-establishmont of tho boundary line
between Colorado and Utah, and Il sur
between Dakota and Montana,
and the Yellowstone Park. T~bTty-two
cases of illegal fencing Of public
lands nave been reported, the area II
closed ag~groglting i,i3l,aSD acres.
Twelve eases IA We been acted upon, ana
suits recommended, to compel the re-
moval of the fences. y very large mum
Der of complaints remain u%n!uVcSti-
gated, for tile want of facilities. The
Commissioners saws that Il portion of the
public lands StjIi remaining, should be
econ1miZed for The use of the actual set
tiers only. An act, rcserving public
lands, except mineral and timber re-
serves, tor entry under the homestead
law, with All amendment TO prevent thc
aNsaG,nn NJ Nigp fpSfris1innS. would ne n
measure meeting his end. In con-
clusion, the commissioners points out the
necessity for the immediate adoption OF
some Measure by which the national
forests may he preserved mt the
head waters of important rivers
and their tributaries and in
such other situations, where their
preservation is eXpedient for climatic
effect and other reasons of utility. He
says there is no good reason why lands
worth from $50 to 500 per acre for timber
should be sold for SIPS and $3.50 per acre,
as ut present, and he favors the with
drAwal from sale or entry under exist
ing laws of all distinctively timber lands
in the United States until examination
and appraisment can be made. After
examination permanent timber reserves
should be established where deemed de-
sirable, and provision made for sale at
not less than their appraised value. The
remaining matters of chief importance
treated of in the annual report OF Mr..
Nimmo is the magnitude OF
our internal commerce. 1t iSshown that
the value of the products of the various
industries of the United States is seven
times tho total value of our for
times the total value of the
foreign of Great Bri-
tain aud Ireland, and five
I 80 ,I ~ tJ,a ca.a;,,, .n,,,
merce of France, including in each case
both imports and exports. The total
value of the products of the industry in
tho United States is also shown to be a
little more than twice the total value of
exports of merchandise from all the
countries of Europe. The United States
is now the largest manufacturing
try on the globe. The value OF the pro-
ducts of American manufacture con-
sumed at botne is five times the value of
the manufactured products of Great
Britain and Ireland exported to all
other countries, and moro than fourteen
times the value of the exports of manu-
featured products from France to all
other countries. The relative value ofthe
internal as compared with the foreign
of the country, is also illus
trated by the statements showing that
90 per cent. of the coal mined in this
country, 95 per cent. of u iron and
steel products, % per cent. OF the pro-
ducts of our leather indus-
try, more than 80 per cent. Of our
manufactures of wool, 95 per cont. of tho
products of our cotton manufactures,
more han 80 per cent. of our manufac-
lures of silk and 81 per cent. of our
manufaci ures of glassware, earthenware
and stoneware are consumed in the
United States. The report shows that
the total value of the export of mer-
chandise from and imports into Califor-
mia, Oregon and Washinston Territory
for the year ended June 80, 1884, was
$3.50, 565, 8l4. The value of exports was
SAC, 1884 and imports, $37, 1850.