Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-25

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Forty-seven thousand one hundred and
eighty patents were issued during the
past year for lands classed as agricultural,
as against "a ,55S for the year previous !;
,034 mineral and ia coal land patents
were issued during the year, the latter
covering coal fields aggregating l5,9SS.72
acres S29 1852 As acres were patented or
certified under the law of the several
States for railroad purposes during the
year, and situate as follows: $50 acres in
Arkansas, 100 in Iowa, 200, ,96S. 80 in
Minnesota ISSUED to Northern Pacific r.
r. Co. and 537 1853 46 in Wisconsin.
The number of Swamp Land Patents
issued amounted to 965l5.19 acres, of
which 65, $50 So acres were in Minnesota,
in Missouri, APIS As acres in Wisconsin
and the remainder in Louisiana, Ala
bama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
and Oregon.
The State Selections approved covered
80 ,2O5. AZ acres, of which 4,99O.22 acres
were for agricultural colleges, 160 for
public buildings and the balance for
school indemnity. This shows in small
compass the net result in acres only.
The Commissioner says that considering
the inadequate force employed the Gen
eral Land Office has made gratifying
progress during the past year in dispos-
ing of the enormous accumulations Of
business.
The cash receipts from the sale and
disposition of the different classes of the
public lands during the year, which
shows the gross receipts from all sources
to be 1851 ,137 AZ, exceeding the re-
receipts Of 1887 by $1,253, ,961 rs, and
those of 1886 by $4,501 ,69S. .S3, and like
wise being in excess of the receipts for
any year since 1886.
| On June 80, 1888, there were pending
238, 1856 final entries. now being held in
the Land Office until they can be reached
for examination in the order of their
receipt and when found correct will be
passed to patent.
1t is the Commissioners expectation
under the improved methods cf exami-
nation now in force, that the office will,
with the present force, finally dispose of
rs, 600 of these cases during the present
year; yet there will remain 1863, ,156
cases, or more than two-thirds of the
whole number untouched at the end of
the year; and if the number of final
entries this year equals that of last year,
which was 70,468, at the end of this
fiscal year, June 80, 1889, these will still
remain of final entries at least 233, 1924
undisposed of.
| A table is appended giving accurate in
formation of the number of different
classes of final entries pending on June
80, 1888, and the States and Territories
in which they are found, from which il
appears that the single State of Kansas
has rs, ,O3S, Nebraska, "a ,337, and the
Territory of Dakota 81 ,493.
1t would not be possible for this Office
to do more than dispose of the Kansas
final entries now awaiting final action in
one year.
1t will be further observed from this
be that there are 45,375 final home
stead entries awaiting final examination
in which class of entries the homesteadel
is required by law to show four years
residence on his homestead before he
. can submit his case to this Office or de
, mand patent for his land; hence thu
, delay suffered by this class of entrymeI
is the more grievous.
ii At the close OF the fiscal year ther,
+ were on hand $780, 1858 original entries
divided as follows:
U Original homesteads .......,...........2l7,6 ,64'
Original timber cultures. .,........... .126 80
u | Original desert entries, .-.......... 6,71
j.; Mineral applications ,...,........,... 6
] 1t will be noticed that the above clas
y of entries outnumber the final entries b.
# 112,7 ,797; and, while representing onl
Q inchoate rights under the several Ian
y laws, yet they segregate the land covere
T thereby.
d HOmesteads Observation-Disclosures. ,46, ,23
Timber cultures es....................... "a, Az
Desert entries Observation-Disclosures. LIE
J, Mineral applications ons.,.............,.., LBS
II Total. l................ ...............,, 7s. 81
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