UNITED STATES PUBLIC LANDS-WHERE THEY LIE. Statement Showing the Number of Acres of Public Lands Surveyed in the Land States and Territories up to June 30, 1877; also, the tɔtal Area of the Public Domain remaining Unsurveyed. [From the Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1877.] STATISTICS OF LAND GRANTS. Land Grants by Acts of Congress to States and Corporations for Railroad Purposes, from the First Grant in 1850 to June 30, 1877. [Compiled from Reports of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.] NOTE.-It is proper to state that the first column of figures above given, "Estimated quantity embraced in the Grant," although from official Reports of the General Land Office at Washington, published in 1873, is not regarded as an accurate statement of the amount of public lands to which the railways will be entitled under the various acts, and has been omitted from recent tabular statements issued by the Commissioner of Public Lands. |