1. Statement of Public Lands sold, and of Payments into the Treasury on Account thereof, in the Year 1847, and the 1st, 2d, and 3d Quarters of 1848. 2. Quantity of Public Land sold, and the Amount paid for it, in each Year, from 1833 to the Third Quarter of 1848. 3. Aggregate Amount of Public Lands sold in each State, which had been in the Market, i.e. subject to Private Entry, for the Period specified. Total, 154,680,234 44,133,590 17,706,023 8,730,823 3,691,067 2,371,757 78,046,074 186,142 190,514 276,412 34,265 7,972 868,554 21,639 66,590 18,057 30,314 4,020 † Total for 15 years and three quarters 4. Statement of the Condition of the Public Lands in the Twelve Land States, on the 1st of January, 1849. Jan. 1, 1849. Jan. 1, 1849. Jan. 1, 1849. Jan. 1, 1849. Acres. Acres. 25,576,960 16,770,984 21,637,760 21,487,760 Acres. Acres. Acres. 16,770,984 12,490,215 21,359,707 15,477,629 Illinois, 55,405 35,459,200 35,429,235 29,965 35,397,921 15,040,145 Missouri,. 67,380 Alabama, 50,722 43,123,200 41,440,556 1,682,644 39,635,609 9,726,361 33,677 28,224,757 10,852,233 30,174,080 13,462,222 Louisiana, 46,431 29,715,840 18,843,213 10,872,627 17,322,963 3,224,026 Michigan, 56,243 35,995,520 27,858,503 8,137,017 27,455,762 9,071,223 Arkansas, 52,198 33,406,720 32,842,652 564,068 32,258,258 2,995,237 Wisconsin, 53,924 34,511,360 14,423,055 20,088,305 13,427,189 4,567,095 Iowa, 50,914 Florida, 59,268 613,405 32,584,960 14,571,731 18,013,229 12,887,299 2,361,022 15,047,425 942,248 5. Statement showing the Percentage upon the Net Proceeds from the Sales of Public Lands, situated within their Respective Limits, to which each State was entitled upon her Admission into the Union; the Amount paid to the States, to be expended under the Direction of the Legislatures thereof; the Amount reserved, to be expended under the Direction of Congress; and the Amount actually so expended. Amounts appropriated by the various Acts of Congress for the Construction of the Cumberland Road, from the year 1806 to 1833, inclusive, reimbursable out of the 2 per cent. fund accruing to the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, as stated in the notes below. *Reimbursable out of the 2 per cent. funds reserved for laying out and making roads to the State of Ohio, by virtue of the 7th section of the act of April 30, 1802. † Payable out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. No stipulation in the act making the appropriation that the amounts shall be withheld out of the accruing 2 per cent. funds. Reimbursable out of the funds reserved for laying out and making roads, under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri into the Union. $ Reimbursable out of the funds reserved for laying out and making roads, under the direction of Congress, by the several acts passed for the admission of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois into the Union. 6. Statement of Sales of the Public Lands in each Year, by States, from 1787 to January 1, 1848. Jan. 1, 13,599,602.07† 13,902,325.61† 14,740,417.83 9,643,931.67 10,764,654.01 9,714,942.34 1848. * No sales between the years 1787 and 1796, nor in 1797 and 1798. The quantity sold in that part of Chillicothe district which is situated within Indiana is 1,179,259.50 acres, which must be deducted from the sales of Ohio, and added to those of Indiana, to obtain the true quantity sold of the lands of those States respectively. |