Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1885 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Commissioner Sparks, of the Land Office, has prepared a statement of the disposals of public lands and receipts therefrom during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, from which it appears that the disposals in acres were as follows: A1abama........ 270, 901 Minnesota. 624,379 Arizona 278 >174 Mississippi .... 111,000 Arkansas 244,532 Missouri 291,277 Californial,29s,9o9 M0ntana..1,112,140 Colorado 662,611 Nebraska3,69B,3Bl Dak0ta4,547,749! Nevada 171.430 Florida 282,515 New Mexico... 163,981 Idaho 284,903; Oregon 788,287 lowa. 11,653 lUtah 184,853 Kansas., 3*030,8461W ashington T.,1,016,117 Louisiana 181,043;Wi5c0n5in...... 218,436 Michigan 89,5111 Wyoming ...,*. 552,967 Total number of entries, 226,382 ; total number of acres, 20,113,663 ; total value, $7,686,114.80 The number of original homestead entries was 50,877, including 7,415,885 acres. The number of final homestead entries was 22,066, including 3,032,679 acres. The number of original timber-cultqre" entries was 30,998, including 4,755,005 acres. The number of final timber-culture entries was 750, including 90,300 acres. The total number of acres taken under_railrqad selectibns was 3,558,014, made up as follows (fractions omitted): Alabama 33,198lMinnesota108,217 Arizona 133,052• Montana793,'4s9 California .376,445:Nebra5ka...... ...178,039 C010rad0......... 14,252jNevada... 60,612 Dak0ta.790,693' 0reg0n.245,386 lowa 6,ol4lUtah 17,123 Kansas 195,056 Washington Ter. 535,210 Louisiana.... 19,987|Wisconsin ,51,819

The Treasury Department is making a secret investigation at New York regarding frauds by undervaluation of imported articles. It is alleged that three large houses recently paid the Government in excess of $120,000 each on reappraisement of qertain •imports, and it is r deemed probable that the sums to be paid by other firms will enrich the national treasury by at least $1,000,000... .The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports that the total values of the imports of merchandise during the twelve months ended Aug. 31, 1885, were $571,235,043, and during the twelve months ended Aug. 31, 1884, $657,871,316, a decrease of SB6 ; 635,373. The values of the exports of merchandise during the twelve months ended Aug. 31, 1885, were $722,765,461, and during the preceding twelve months $735,018,792, a decrease, of $12,253.331... .A statement prepared by Supt Bell, of the Foreign Mail Bureau, shows that the weight of the foreign letter, mail decreased 7,709 pounds during the last fiscal year, while the weight of printed matter increased 33.319 pounds. The cost of ocean mail transit was $327,179, or just $28.50 less than the cost during the preceding year.