SIR-Agreeably to the provisions of law establishing the State Land Office, I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the transactions of this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, being the fifty-first Annual Report of the State Land Commissioner: The whole number of acres of land held by the State at the close of business, June 30, 1892 *465,888.90 6,338.39 The number of acres forfeited to the State during the year. 427.01 Total 472,654.30 Number of acres sold during the year. 32,464.00 Number of acres reserved during the year.. 320.00 Number of acres licensed to homesteaders during the year.. 1,551.35 438,318.95 Total. 472,654.30 The lands held by the State June 30, 1893, are classified as follows: *The Report for 1892 gives the number of acres held by the State June 30, 1892, as 470,486.77, but there is an error of 4,597.87 in the statement. In this amount 427.01 acres of swamp land is included which will be offered for sale in November. The Agricultural College lands were restored to market by public ing at this office September 29, 1892, but were again withdrawn from by order of the State Board of Agriculture, June 13. To show the nu of acres of land actually in market and subject to sale June, 30, this class of land should be deducted from the above total. The number of acres of land of the different classes disposed of du the year, and the amount received therefor in cash, and the amounts thereon, is as follows: The number of acres of land of the different classes forfeited to th State for non-payment of interest is as follows: The receipts of the State Land Office, on account of lands sold during the year, and for principal, interest and penalty received on sales made in former years, and from other sources, have been as follows: Interest Penalty $760 00 272 02 8 72 |