Arizona republican., 1891-10-10
THE GOVERNORS REPORT.

Governor Murphy has transmitted his annual report to the secretary of the interior, which is an able and exhaust i've document.
 He expresses the opinion that the population of the territory will reach 70,0 900 people before the end of the present year. There are at least, he says, 12,OO0 Mormons in the territory en- gagged in agriculture and grazing.
 The following shows the kind and quality of taxable property in the terri tory, and it's valuation, according to the report of the territorial board for the current year:
 Number of acres, 3,344 ,66S; value of same, s4 ,602, ,12l value of improvements, s2,302, PA; value of city and town lots, sl,972, ,252; value of improvements on same, $2, ,347 ,424 number of horses, A. 9l2; value of same, Sl, ,1SS, ,l6S. There are also owned in the territory l757 mules, 72O, ,940 head of cattle and 2SS, ,727 sheep. There are 1883 miles of railway, making a total valuation of all the taxa ble property in the territory of S2S ,270, : 466. This amount, however, the acting governor regards as entirely too low. He is of the opinion that $70, ,000, 900 would be much nearer the facts.
 The bonded debt of the territory is given at S606,000, the interest thereon $42. .S90. The floating debt $l90,030, interest thereon sl5, 5,360, making total indebtedness of $S55, ,2S0.
 The indebtedness of the several coun- ties aggregates s2,l75, ,605; indebtedness of the cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott and Tombstone aggregates $lSS, ,9SS i; average rate of interest throughout the territory BPS per cent. Total number of acres rented under the public land laws during the year is given as 439, l9S
 Mining has always been the foremost wealth producing industry in Arizona, says the report, and during the last year it has been very active although agri- culture is fast taking precedence. The mineral export in 1891 is thought will exceed that of any previous year. The Acting Governor estimates the copper output at 30,0OO,OO0 pounds, the gold output at sl ,l32, ,955, silver at sl ,683, 1885. During the year valuable deposits of superior onyx have been discovered. The quality is said to be first class. The pine forest of northern and central Ari- zona covers an area of about 2700 square miles or approximately 1,750,000 acres. The common school system of the Terri tory is said to be firmly established, we'll maintained, and will compare fav- orably with any in this country.
 The Acting Governor recommends that Arizona may be admitted into the Union as a state upon the adoption of a proper constitution by the people that all public lands within her borders be ceded by the Government to the Terri tory or State; that all public lands be surveyed that the school lands be made available; that the Apache Indians be disarmed and prohibited from using arms; that mineral lands in the San Carlos reservation be opened to occu- pancy and development by white citizens and that public sale be held of them in trust for the Indians. His recommendations of last year he re- newed \
 In addition to the above brief synop- sis, the arid land question, irrigation, stock raising and the agricultural re- sourses ef the Territory were extensvely treated by the Governor.