REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
XV
PUBLIC LANDS.
I have the honor to present the following abstract of the operations
of the General Land Office under the laws relating to the survey and
disposal of public lands during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877:
| Acres. | ||
| Disposal of public lands by ordinary cash sales | 740,686. 57 | |
| Military bounty land warrant locations under acts of 1847, 1850, 1852, and 1855 | 97,480.00 | |
| Homestead entries | 2,178,098.17 | |
| Timber-culture entries | 520,673.39 | |
| Agricultural college scrip locations | 1,280.00 | |
| Approved to States as swamp | 320,935.05 | |
| Certified to railroads | 700,791.96 | |
| Certified for wagon-roads | 61,543.18 | |
| Certified for agricultural colleges | 63,443.04 | |
| Certified for common schools | 27,973.92 | |
| Certified for universities | 3,235.83 | |
| Internal-improvement selections | 50,984.91 | |
| Sioux half-breed scrip locations | 2,655.29 | |
| Chippewa half-breed scrip locations | 5,422.94 | |
| Special scrip entries under acts of 1858, 1860, and 1872 | 60,460.45 | |
| Entries under the mining laws | 14,103.00 | |
| Total | 4,849,767.70 | |
| Disposals for previous year | 6,524,326.36 | |
| Decrease as compared with sales of preceding year | 1,674,558.66 | |
| CASH RECEIPTS UNDER VARIOUS HEADS. | ||
| Purchase-money of land sold | $969,317 04 | |
| Homestead fees and commissions | 333,428 34 | |
| Timber-culture fees and commissions | 53,298 00 | |
| Agricultural college scrip fees | 36 00 | |
| Fees in pre-emption and homestead filings | 56,979 00 | |
| Fees on military bounty land warrant locations | 1,868 50 | |
| Fees for transcripts furnished by local officers | 784 08 | |
| Fees on mineral filings and protests | 7,321 00 | |
| Fees on railroad and wagon-road selections | 14,999 80 | |
| Swampland indemnity fees | 1,384 00 | |
| Donation fees | 1,635 00 | |
| Fees on Valentine scrip and university selections | 3,080 87 | |
| Fees on transcripts furnished by the General Land Office | 8,837 60 | |
| Total | 1,452,969 23 | |
| SURVEYS. | ||
| Acres. | ||
| Total area of the land States and Territories | 1,814,769,920 | |
| Surveyed during past fiscal year | 10,847,082 | |
| Previously surveyed | 702,725,655 | |
| 713,572,737 | ||
| Remaining unsurveyed | 1,101,197,183 | |
TIMBER LANDS.
The subject of the extensive depredations committed upon the timber
on the public lands of the United States has largely engaged the atten-
