Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1891 — WORK OF THE LAND OFFICE. [ARTICLE]

WORK OF THE LAND OFFICE.

N’amber of Patents Issued tn a Tear, With the Sumbcr of Acres Involved. ' The report of Commissioner Carter «f the operations of the General Land Office t during the fiscal year ending June 30,1891, was mide public on the 25th. A comparative statement is made shewing the num? tor of agricultural, mineral and coal entries made during the fiscal years 1886 and 1887 and the fiscal years 1890 and 1891. Patents issued during the fiscal years 1890 and 1831 were: Pre-emptions, 149,515; homestead, 75,545; timber Culture, 5,346; military jaunty land, 723; agricultural college scrip, 32; miscellaneous scrip, 446; mineral, 3,199; coal, 450. The total number of agricultural patents issued during 1886 and 1887 was 44,443, against a total of 231,607 during the years 1890 and 1891, an increase of 187,164 patents. The Increase in the number of mineral patents issued was 967, and of coal patents, 332. The number of acres of public lands disposed of during the year shows that the cash sales amounted to 2,143,090 aci-es. Of the miscellaneous entries (not cash) 5,040,393 acres wore homestead, and 969,006 were entered under the timber culture law. The railroad selections amounted to L857,572 acres; the State selections to 174,404 acres; the Indian allotments to 117,485, the original swamp selections to 23,117 acres. ’The total cash receipts during the year, $5,429,220. The filings duringthe year were 20,241, the fees under which amounted to $77,069. The final entries during the year were 51,934, representing an acreage of 7,359,905, and the original entries in the same time, 45,845, aggregating 6,409,832 acres. There was a decrease of entries for the year of 15,664, representing an acreage of 2596,820. The patents issued to land grant railroads during the year were 3,088,679 acres, an increase over the-previous year of 2,724,817. Survey ß have been accepted during the year to the amount of 8,086.004. The vacant public lands in the public land States and Territories, is 579,664.683.