The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-12-05
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Mobiles Annual Re-
port to the President.
REVIEW OF LAND OFFICE WORK.

The Eleventh Census-O Operations of the
Patent once Enormous Business of the
Pension Nicaragua Canal Pro-
! ject Warmly Endorsed.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-The annual re-
port Of Secretary Noble to the President
Is au Interesting document and covers
fully and in detail the operations of this
Department
The volume Of work accomplished dur
ing the present administration is shown
to greatly exceed tnat of any like pre-
ceding period.
In the General Land Office on June 30,
1888, there were pending $50, 9j3 tina
entries, and the accumulation steadily
increasing. These have all been dis
posed of. During the present admins
tration 39S, 1928 agricultural patents have
been issued against 1872, 7J4 in the pre-
ceding four years representing an excess
in acreage of 1869, $40 acres Nearly
four times greater area of public lands
has been surveyed than during the prev
ious four years, and thore has been a
great increase in mineral ahd coal patents
issued. Tne selections of public lands by
the States for educational and internal
improvements have greatly exceeded the
work of any previous years.
The policy of making forest reserves in
the Western States and Territories has
been greatly advanced during the past
year. Six such reserves have been Gre
ated by Presidential proclamation,
making an area of B. 252, 26O acres
The system of irrigating the arid
lands of the Western country has been
greatly advanced by tine selection of
sites for reservoirs, and by extending
these irrigating systems in conjunction
with forest preserves.
Educational work among the Indians
has been greatly increased and improved
in efficiency. There has been an in
crease Of over Is per cent. in attendance
of children in the schools, the total being
10, 193 scholars for 1892. New Indian
reservation boarding schools have been
established during the present admins
tration.
Strict discipline has been enforced and
beJJer raltion fosUered, uniform sys-
TEN oI ...- books and course of study
has been .t. ped, and the compilation of
the rules lor the conduct of the schools
has been prescribed, thus establishing a
thorough and uniform system.
Under the policy of Indian allotments,
negotiations with IA tribes during the
present administration has resulted in
the opening up for public settlement of
nearly 26 OOO, 900 acres of land. Other
negotiations which are pending will
when ratified add TO- 900, 900 acres more.
Allotments of lands in severalty to the
! Indians have been made in very large
numbers, and 5000 to whom patents
have been issued have by operation of
law become citizens of the United States.
The Census publications have been re-
ceived with favorable Endorsement
throughout the civilized nations With
the exception of a small amount Of work
on vital statistics and population and the
statistics of manufactures and agricui-
ture ali the regular work of the Eleventh
Census is about completed.
The number Of patents granted was
% 6@6, the total receipts We're 81, 26S,
I2A 30, and the expenditures 81, ia, 1874, =
3D. The amount in the Treasury to the
credit of the Patent Office is now 81, lO2, =
34lO9.
The volume of business handled and
disposed OF by the Pension Office during
the past year is shown to have been
enormous, There We're on June 80, 1892,
SIC, OG5 pensioners borne upon the rolls
being 1879, sos more than were on the
rolls at the close of the last fiscal year.
The estimates for the deficiency for this
year is $40, ,5OS, 631, and the estimate for
fiscal year ending June 80 1894, is $780,
0OG, OOO
The Secretary's report'e into quite
an interesting review Of the facUs sho wn
by the annual reports OF the governors
OF the various Territories.
Regarding the Nicaragua csnal, the
Secretary expresses the opinion that this
enterprise is of The utmost Importance to
the welfare of our country in either peace
or war, and should have most favorable
recognition by Congress.
The report is replete with informatio n
as to the great bureaus mentioned, ana
can be fully appreciated only by a careful
perusal.