Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-05

TX WOhl NJ, IEAho Dhi
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The SENDER OF patents issued on various
casses uf entries aud locations under IN,
general land laws during the year was
7S,lF2, an increase Of 1885 over the
year 1854.
KSrmEA AND TiLiSus
Tho total number Of entries and nlinga
made during the year ~ 81 ,52i, aRgrc.
eating 80 1852 acres, decrease u 80.
2sa entries aud 0lings as compared With
The year 1854, and an increase u 1896
over the year 1888.
The number 81 entries and Glings posted
on The records ia aDB,008, an Increase Of
n ,sO7 over the year 1884,
The plumber oi public and private cash
entries and entries under The homestead,
timber.cnitufc, timber lana, aud desert
land laws approved Tor pttentlng ~ TO-.
g5s., m Increase Of l0,8s0
Nine thousand nine hundred aud two
homcsteads, timber-culturc aud other
contests, exclusive Oi prescriptions,
we're examined aud acted upon.
Eleven hundred and four ox. partc cases
wero confirmed by the board Of equitable
adjudication.
CASH sALEs.
Tho number Of private cash entries IL
i0Gs, embracing 73,028.W acres, u de-
crease of ,O77, 2J0.6i acrcsi 2,8il ,29G.7 n
acres were sold under the presumption
law, being decrease Of sgi 100 10 acres F,
,t21, liB.76 acres are embraced In com
mutcd h0mostcads, Il decrease Of 2gB,-
1902 acres.
The total cash sales, including land
sold at public and private sale, prO-pmp.
uou, cOmnpted homestead, mineral lands,
timber aud stone lands, etc, amount 10
$3.50, 1913 % acres The amount " re-.
ccipts from cash snlos ~ sG,228 ,02G a, an
average OF fraction less than sl.i0 per
acre.
runLo sALEa.
Two hundred aud iorty-three tracts Of
land, embracing ,09S 40 aerca, were sold
ut public snlo Ia the various land districts
at an average price OF S4.ill per mere
PRESCRIPTION.
Fifteen thousand eight hundred pre-.
cmptlOn entries were made during the
year, embracing mn area OF 2,8il $50 n
acres, a decrease of 6lBG cntrlog and
B0l 70g,l o acres.
Fifteen thousand aud forty-ono OK.
purtr cases were approved for patent ana
~ contested CnaoS decided The mum.
her Ol presumption entries remaining uu.
acted upon NJ the close OF the fiscal year
was 2,87l The number Of presumption
filings recorded during the year was AZ,
OlG, which, at 100 acres each, would
cover 1871 1850 acres.
noMEsTEAps.
The number Oi original homestead en-
tries mndo during the yonr IN 6O,B77, um-
brnClnR mn area Of 7,ilb, HS6. b8 acres, dc.
crcnse of ilGB entries and ii5,G2i 80 acres
az compared with the year 1884.
Final proof was made on ~, 0GG entries,
embracing B,0B2 ,G79 ! nCros, nm increase
over the previous year OF 22B entries, and
u decrease OF ~, l0f ,88 acres.
One thousand Ave hundred and sixty.
five soldiers homestead doelnrntofy
slntomcnls were iiled covering 900, 400
acres.
TIMER CuiTuHE ENTRIES.
Thirty thousand nine hundred and
clghty-right timbcr culture entries were
made, embracing l,165,005 81 acres, nm
lncroasu OF 1000 entries ana G70.blI "a
acres. Final proof was offered IN 700 rn.
tries, embracing 90, 800 90 ncrcs.
pESERr LANDS
Two thousand rcvcn hundred aud
HlXty.Nx descrt.llnd entries were made.
embracing D2S,2600B acres, being mn In,
crcnse ol BIZ entries aud Il ducren4e OF
23 bb7 So acres ~ compared with tho
previous yrnr, Final proof was made ON
iIb entries, embracing lOn,Osi 30 acres,
rlMuEh AND sroNE-lANp ENTRIES.
one thousand ana twonty.Aoyen entries,
embracing l80, B0l 03 acres, were mndr
under the timber and slonc-land act Of
june ., 1873 (chicny limbcrIand ontrlos)
In the states Of California aud Orrpou
aud Washington Territory 90 which
states aud territory and the state OF Nc.
vadu the not h only Applicability, being n
decrease OF 1865 entries and 200, NJ. 30
acres NJ compared with the year 1881.
MINERAL LANDS.
one thousand five hundred aud eighty,
eight mineral entries OF public lands, and
alNty.clght mineral entries Of Ute Indian
lands were made, embracing 8b,2lb.O.
acres and l2SG7S acres, rospcCtivclyi n
total OF 1906 entries aud BG, 60l ~ acres.
There were li05 mineral applications
lllcd on public lands md 80 on Ute lands
q total Of 400 applications.
one hundred aud seyCnty-thrcc adverse
claims were lllcd against cntrlen OF public
mineral lands and X against entries OF
ttc mineral lands
There were 20 coal entries of public
lands and 10 entries OF tie lands, u total
of "A cutrlos, embracing 8,G75 10 acres
and l,2I0pi acrcsi rcsppetiyelyj II total
Of b,p6b rs aGtea
There were also cog public conl-land
tillng aud 90 Utc llllngs, d total OF COS ~.
ugs
The above ~ q decroaec Of Gil entries
ol mineral lands aud an increase Of &,
500 ~ hcrcsi a decrease OF ~ entries aud
l,lGA 90 arroa ui coal lands and u decrease
ol 3ii mineral applications, l2 adverse
calms aud % coil Hllnps,
Twelve hundred md thrtyoight OK.
pNrto cases have been examined, o. con.
test eases decided, $50 lude aud placer
ulHims patented aud 30 coal patents Is.
sued Vweniy-SNon hundred and twon.
ly--lN unuNaniuod cases arc ON die and
1870 cNamlued aud suspended cases await
further action. Scyen hundred aud Afty-
seven contests remain undlsposud of.
srArE AElEOJtuNH.
state selections nndrr educational aud
Internal Improvement grants were made,
angrcmuing 2pH, 2A9 .GS acres, an increase
Of ll2,627 90 acr oVor the ycnr 1888.
The following state selections were ap.
proved
aehunl lndouinitv ig no, nU