St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-11

acres has, during the year, been
transferred to enterprising and INDUS
triOus settlers by patents issued to
them, while the areas patented to the
states under the swamp grant, and to
corporations under special grants, have
been great, although somewhat reduced.
as compared with previous years. At
the same time the area of coal and min
eral lands patented has been greatly in-
creased over that of the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1889. The area pat
ented to the states, under the grants. for
educational and internal improvement
purposes. has increased 800 per cent.
This completed work. as shown by the
facts and figures contained in this re.
port, indicating increased population,
increased coal and mineral develop
ment, and increased educational
development and resources, are referred
to as suggestive elements in the national
progress. The class of patents known
as agricultural" includes all patents
issuee on final and
COMMITTED Homestead Entries,
on pre-emption, timber culture, desert,
private cash, town site and other ien-
tries embracing land of an agricultural
-non-mineral character. The number
of such agricultural patents issued dur
ing the period covered by the report
was lit, ,247, embracing 18.759.5 $50 acres,
as against 20, al issued in 1889, with an
aggregate area of 11,220.560. The in
crease for the year is therefore. 7.106
patents and 1856, 800 acres of land. OF
mineral land and mill site patents,
LAOS were issued, showing an in
crease in the year of 494.
This is. an increase of siXty-nine pat
the number of coal land patents issued
Colorado stands first with 127. The
next highest is thirty-seven. Colorado
also leads with SOL mineral and mill
site patents. The next highest is Mon
tana, with 3S9. The state school sefec-
tions aggregate 539, ITO acres. the selec-
tions for the previous year aggregated
only 132,35O acres. The acreage Of
swamp lands patented to the several
states during the year was 109, ,351.
There were patented or certified
under the law, for the benefit of
railroad companies, during the year
1868, 1862 acres. This is decrease for the
year of 81, 1873 acres. Following is a
statement of the acreage of public
lands disposed of during the fiscal year,
fractions of acres omitted: Cash sales:
Private entries, 3S,617; public sales, 2S;
pre-emption entries, 2.204,905: timber
and stone entries, 500, 1896; mineral land
entries, 1886; desert land, 47S,s49;
coal lands, 16,19S; townsite entries,
1,745; Lassen county (Californla)
desert entries, 400; excesses on
1874; abandoned military reservations
e12. total oocb oolQc S0O SdH aorpc
Miscellaneous: Original homesteads,
5,53l. .67S; timber culture, !, ,767, ,403; state
selections, school and swamp. 258, 141 !;
railroad selections. 1,752, ,75S; and others
of miscellaneous character, making an
aggregate of 9,262.6S5. The
Indian Lands Disposed of
aggregate 133, ,505 acres, making a grand
total of IL, 79S,S37 acres. The total cash
receipts of the Office from various
sources during the fiscal year was
S7,7S0,517. OF this amount $6,349, III
were received from cash sales, S697. .623
from homestead fees and commissions,
$173, 145 from timber culture fees and
commissions, $293, ,062 from disposal of
Indian lands, and S16.5S5 from tim
Der depredations. 1t Is shown in
the official records that on June
of all kinds pending, and that at the
close of the fiscal year 1890, there were
Pug, ,064 entries pending, showing de-
crease as compared with the previous
year of 6S.687 entries. Railroad selec-
tions amounting to 20. TIC, $50 acres were
pending at the close of the year, an in
crease over the previous year OF 1872, ,704
acres. There were also Oregon wagon
road selections pending to amount of
304, 1926 acres. EX-parte minerals entries
are in arrears about two and one
half years. Contest cases, quasi
contests, and eX-parte coal
entries are up to date. The mileage of
and-grantrailroads actually constructed
up to the close of the last fiscal year
was 1S,O70 miles of which forty miles
were constructed during the year. Sur
veys have been accepted, after an exam-
inatiOn in the field as follows: Arizona,
597,74S acres; California, 162,031; Col
Orado. 473, ,457; Dakota, 929.992; Mon
tana. 620,16l; Nevada, 408.S57; New
Mexico, 237,131; Utah. 573,525; Wash
ington. $50, l22; Florida, 2,091; Idaho.
%, 14s; Minnesota, 144, ,855; Nebraska,
23,039; Oregon, S4,100; total, 4,462, SOL.
In the investigation of
Fraudulent Land Entries
Sixty-one special agents we're employed
during part of the year. To these
special agents were referred for investi-
CATION 1854 cases; 437 cases were held
for cancellation; 53S were cancelled,
and 1909 were examined and passed.
Upon the subject of the forests of the
public domain, the commissioner says
that careful examination has recently
been made of the annual reports of the
general land Office covering the years
from July 1, 1881, to June 80, 1889,
to ascertain what has been done
during that time in the way of
enforcing the laws for the pro-
lection of public timber. The commits
sioner finds, as result, that the most
valuable timber on the public lands is
being rapidly exhausted, and that the
several laws relating to the subject are
utterly inadequate to properly protect
either the public forests from unlawful
appropriation or the Interests of the
settlers. Over $4,000 was received
last year from timber depreda-
tions. The views of the commits
siOner upon this subject were
given in detail in report to the secre-
tary i'll March last upon Senate Bill No.
1894. This is to the effect that provision
should be made for legitimate procur-
ing of timber from the public lands BY
mill men and lumber manufacturers for
sale to the extent necessary to supply
the community in the location in which
they operate, with the lumber and other
timber products needed in the settle
ment thereof, but expectation of public
timber should be prohibited, as also
should the removal of timber from any
of the reserved lands, and from mount
ainous regions and other woodlands
at OF in the vicinity of the headwaters
or sources of streams. which, for eli
matte, economic or public reasons,
should be held permanently as forest
reserves, exception being made in favor
of settlers or miners for their personal
necessities.
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