LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Southland Times, Issue 1729, 18 April 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)

LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES.

— ■•-- ♦ During tbe last fiscal year there were disposed of out of the public lands 11,804,975 acres, a quantity greater by 1,099,270 acres than was disposed of the previous year. Of this amount 1 ,370,320 acres were sold for cash, 389,460 acres located with military warrants, 4,671,332 acres taken for homesteads, 693,613 acres located witb college scrip, 3,554,887 acres granted to railroads, 465,347 acres granted to waggon roads, 7 14,255 acres given to States as swamp lands, 5,760 acres located by Indian scrip. The cash receipts from all sources in the Land OflW amounted to §3,218,100. During the same period 22,016,608 acres of the public lands were surveyed, which, added to the quantity before surveyed, amounts to 583,364,780 acres, leaving 1,257,633,628 acres of the public land still unsurveyed. The reports from the subordinates of the Land Office contain interesting in* formation in regard to their respective districts. They uniformly mention the fruitfulness of tbe soil daring tbe past season, and the increased yield of all kinds of produce. Even in tbose States and Territories where mining is the principal business, agricultural products have exceeded the local demand, and liberal shipments have been made to distant points. — From President Grant's Message.