The record-union., 1896-09-17
some BIENNIAL REPORTS.
The State Printer Makes a Good Showing
Tor His Office.
Reports Of the Board of Harbor Com
mlssloners and the Surveyor
General.

A number of State officials have filed
their biennial reports in the office of
Governor Budd.
Ihe report of the State Printer, A. j.
Johnston, for the forty sixth fiscal year
shoWs that of the $3.50, 600 appropriated
by the thirtieth Legislature there re-
rained unexpended at the bginning of
the year $112, $50 80. To this the thir
ty-first Legislature added an appro-
priation of $4,000 for legislative print
ing, making a total of $162,S $50 S3. OF
this amount there remains $40 unex-
pended. The thirty-first Legislature
made the usual appropriation of $3.50
WOO for the two fiscal years forty-seven
and forty-eight. OF this Mr.. Johnston
has expended S146,OOO 80.
Attention is called by the report for
the last fiscal year to valuable i'm
provements made in the State Printing
Office building. Formerly the binding
department was located on the third
floor, where for years the machinery
and appliances have gradually in
creased until with the additional
weight of materials and 100 employees
1t was a question whether or not the
structure was safe. For fear the last
straw might be soon laid upon the
camel's back and the building collapse,
resulting in death and injury of many
faithful employees, Mr.. Johnston deemed
1t unwise to take further risks and has
moved the machinery to the second
floor. where it could be supported by
pests firmly implanted upon concrete
foundations.
He also constructed a half floor gall
lery, supported by similar pillars, en-
tirely independent of the main struct-
ure. Upon these galleries are now
etored $50 tons Of material, which be-
fore found storage in the upper floors.
The third floor vacated by the binders
is now used for a composing room, it
being one of the best appointed, light
ed and ventilated in the State.
The report on text books recites that
during the fiscal year the revision of
the series of readers has been COM
pleted, as has also the English Gram
mar, and the books are all on the mar
ket and are in use in the schools of the
State. The revised books appear to be
satisfactory to the teachers and the
sales have been quite large, as shown
iE the table OF sales.
The books remaining to be revised
are the Advanced Arithmetic and
United States History, and an Ele-
mentary History is also included in the
plan of revision and Improvement for
the publication Of which the State
Printer expresses the hope that the
State Board of Education will secure a
specific appropriation. There has been
expended on text books S134, ,0SS 50, as
against S90,247 Al expended last year
R-GENERAL.
The biennial report of Surveyor Cen
eral NJ. J. Wright shows that according
to the latest surveys and data procura-
BILE there is in the State Of California
10O500, 900 acres of land, classed as fol-
lows:
Agricultural and mineral lands sur
veyed to June, 1889, 81 ,SS7 1872. Agri-
cultural and mineral lands unsurveyed,
26.211. .501. Private grants patented,
S.3S3, 3,375. Private grants not settled.
341 $50. Indian military reservations,
81S.631. Lakes islands, bays and navi-
gable rivers, l, ,531 100 Swamp and
overfowed lands surveyed, 1888, ,22I.
Swamp and overlooked lands unsur-
veyed, S5.524. Salt marsh and tide
lands around San Francisco Bay, 10O,
O00 Salt marsh and tide lands around
Humboldt Bay, 5000.
Application to purchase State lands
in various districts have aggregated
41S. $50 acres, and the applications for
3190S9 acres have been approved. Ger
tificates of purchase have been issued
for 133, 100 acres. Patents have been is
sued for 81 ,4S0 acres.
The amount of fees collected by the
Surveyor General was SI,3O1 0O.
Amount Of deposits, $3.50. Paid into
the State Treasury, S3,I22. Fees paid
During the year the United States
listed to the State 135. 11S acres of in
demnity lands and 1875 acres of
swamp land.
There are 1861 acres of Government
land in the State, apportioned as fol-
follows: Humboldt Land District,
$500 Independence 1896. Los An
f.eles, 12,0S3 Marysville, 917. Redding,
BIS. Sacramento 1,7S4. San Fran
cisco, 5,141. Stockton, ,029. Susan
ville 5,245. visalia. So, sos There are
now !, 5,43S acres in forest reserves.
There is a voluminous correspondence
in the report between the Surveyor
General and w. w. Dufield, Superin-
tendent of the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, relative to establish
ing the line between California and Ne
vada California is asked to furnish a
crew of men to mark the survey with
appropriate monuments.
HARBOR COMMISSIONERS.
The interest of the report of the
Board Of State Harbor Commits
siontrs is centered in that part
of it which details the construction of
the union depot and ferry house which.
when completed, Will be one Of the
grandest structures on the coast.
The foundation of the building is now
completed 1t consists of III concrete
Diers 16x2S feet at the base and feet
6 inches by % feet at the top, with a
depth Of 20 feet below the city base.
These piers are Joined together by
series OF groined concrete arches, two
feet thick, into one immense area of
floor space 160x670 feet This enor-
NOUS foundation rests on sub-founda-
ton Of grillage supported by over 1000
niles. each so feet and over in length.