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Show THE ANNUAL IMPORT Or the Cumuils-Ioacr of (lle (java, Land OHIcr: iBatroctlTerMSS1 Aud Hirnrr. OILLON AND O'BRIEN OFF FOR AMERICA. Jnticc mntl I". Miller, orihe U.S. snprr nit CVmri, in a vri- oh Condition: MIS LEFT SIDE FOUND TO CC paraIvzeo; nt He 1 ntins Onittlr and ,0 I amllr ltaTC Hoj 0f lils Recoitrr. aT Tdeaph to the Mn. """ ,n'tsinGTo. oil.x Thelnd umee Rrpart mt oilur Ilrma. WASlluttrrojf, Oct tt Adver" tisnucuta for prorioeata are iul rrom the War Department under the provisions of the fortincatioa act last inssion for furnUliln twenty, live clulit-liicti, ntty ten Inch, an J tirenty-ave twetve-lncU gunj. Tuc advertiMsment rtlpulatcs tli.it one Arnttii of tilrsc guns may be con-etructetl con-etructetl on the Pacific Coat. lro-IjosaU lro-IjosaU vrlli be ncelvl untilS o'clock riiuialay, December IStii, The bidders bid-ders are notified that tr.e eptxlflca-tion- will Ixs heady in a few ilays.and can be had upon application. Ills spcclflctl tliat proposals will be received re-ceived for six of the twelTc-inch guns on tile I'acIHc Coast. TIIBAXM'AI, BBIVltT of CommlsSrOner of the Central liaud OITleo Greil dionrs the mini twr of agricultural intents lued duriugthe tiscal year ended June Mb, was 117 217, embracing 1S,-75fl,33i) 1S,-75fl,33i) acresas ailust 70,711 issued in 1SS9 with an aggregate area o! 11,230, VM. Or mineral and ruilfelte patents U.J7 were lvued, Jhowlnj; an im reuse in fneyoar of -MM. Of coal (atenU. 21 v. ere ia-uej, an in-creaseorfiO in-creaseorfiO ia tents, repretentinsI5,-376 repretentinsI5,-376 acres. The Ktate school selections airre-CateJ airre-CateJ 39,779 acres The relictions for the previous year aggregated only l&!,m acres. The acreage of awampLinds patented to the wverai Stauw during tlie year was 10 01(1,-335. 01(1,-335. There were patented or certified certi-fied under the law for the benefit of railroad companies during the year M3.Si2 acres. This U a Uccrea-e for Uieyearof 61 ISSacre. The total cash Mies during the flca! year were S.SK.bJ'i acres. Original homesteads, timber culture, cul-ture, .St ite selection or school and iwampHmfe, railroad selections and tliers o( a miscellaneous chara -ter, ,S2,2s5 acrv. The Indian lands dipol or aggregate I3TSSU." acres, making a grand total of !JT!,',S37 aurt. The total ih receipts of the office of-fice from NarioussourcesduringUie fi-cal year were S7,7s- 517. O. tills amount $i,319,174 . reveired from cash sales. On June 30, 1S;9, Uiercucre S76,731 final entrieoof all kiuJs (tending nllU at the clo-o of the flscal year IS9J, Ihere were JlKeO pending, elovrluga decrease is compared with the previoi-e year or h5,hb7 cntrlw. ItiilroAd tel-c-llon-sm'Mi t-ng toffiTi.PjS acre were jicndlus at the tlo'coflhe year, all iu-reaje over the previous erof 3S7. acre". There were tlaoOit-gon wagou roiJ peleitions frtJiiij,Io the amount of3-)i,PI2 icrrs. Tin. rtuZ MI.NKKAI. INTEST an- In arrears about two And a half year". The oont-t cases, tile tpiaM MUtetts and rr jqtb ceal iiitries are up t- Ja!l-. The mileage of laud grant rail-'oacis rail-'oacis actually constructed up to the clow or the la-t fi-cal year was 1S.070 miles. Surveys have Ueu accepted, aftir examination ill the field, or -1,462,B9I acres. Including! Arizona, o'' 71-j acrr; Cilifcrnia, I 2,011; tlcrado, 4J.,4j7; DjkoU, 4-J3OTJ; Montana, fiil.lbl; Nevada, 1S STi7, Xtw JIico,Sr7.I37;Utah, 37o,525; Washington, lJ.lSS; Flori-day,19, Flori-day,19, Idaho, 22,13;; Minnesota, H4,V; Xebraska, 23,030, Oregon, S4 103. Upon the subject of forests of the public tit main, the comuiiei)ncr onus that the mjt raluab: tim'vr on the public I mds is be) us rapidly exlnuste, and the la-s relating to the Rilject arc utterly Inaie-quale Inaie-quale to propirly protect eithir the ,iblicfuretsrrom unlawful appropriation appro-priation or the settlers. Over $S3,0to were received lal year from tlrutuT depredatioiis. 1'ro-viion 1'ro-viion tliculj lie made for the Ifriilimate procuring uf timber from public lauds by mill men and lumber manufacturers for sale, to the extent necesrary to supply the community in the location in which they ojicrate, with lumber aud other timber products ncded In the settlement thereof, but the exportation exporta-tion of public timber ylioul I be prohibited, pro-hibited, and al-o a rrmovai or lim ir froai any of the re-red land", and from the ruiuntainous regions indother wooJIandsator near the ricinity of thehea Iwateworourees of tin stream whldi, for climatic. rconomIc or puoile reasons should be held i.ruiauently as forest re-M.rvoIrs, re-M.rvoIrs, occeptlous lieing made or settlers or miners for Iht-Ir lerronal aecefsaties. Tile October nSTOIATKS Oh TUG 1 IKI.I) per acre for the cereal crop, computed com-puted by the Department or Agriculture, Agri-culture, are" Winter wheat, 10.S bushels per acre; if ring wheat, 11.3; wheat crop. 11.1; cat, 19.8; larlry, 21; rye, U.S. TlieconJitiou or corn is0.6, instead of 70 I, last month. Itucltwbeat, 93 7, Instead cf 9L3, potatceo, 61.7, instead of 00.7; tobacco tobac-co S5,l lustcad orsil. There Is practically no change In the general condition, except a reduction re-duction of four points In potatoes and an increase of two points in tobacco. to-bacco. The eflect of the winter frosts upon heat Is shown by the lower rate of yield to have been severe. Some of the higher rates In the principal States are: .XewYork, 15; Pennsylvania. 12; Ohio, 12.5; Miciilgaii. l&i; Illinois, II 1; MIs-pouri, MIs-pouri, 11.2; lCnn.-ci. 13.5; California, 12; Oregon, 15. The croja made a very low yield throughout the south where the acreage is small. In tho Ohio valley the variation in yield in tho different counties, as on farms In the same country, has some extraordinary range, from five to twenty-five bushels, and In extreme cases from one to thirty bushels. One county in Illinois claims TJin I1E5.T CBOl- IN EARS and another poorer crops than expected. ex-pected. Tho Dakota wheat yields, varying from a bushel to twenty-fi ve bushels, made an average of nine bufhebs per acre. Minnesota returns re-turns twelve and Wisconsin twelve mid five-tenths lishels. The estimated esti-mated yield of oats of ulnitccn and eleM-Untlis bushels, ublc.li Is ih lowest ever reported, probably re-i.i re-i.i (i.i. amrrezate product more ffiwo hundrSTmiirion Lutbrlr, NATIONAL U.1NK. The foUowing -Uonal BauU are authorized to ccmraence JI 'STh T.1 aUon nank-orCen-trsjla, Wash., cipltal SJft,(rtih Arl?a ationaI Bank, Tucson, capital S30,0U0. NCTV ORKa l"OI1I.AT10. ThepoiilatlonorthePtite orXew "t, u si9JI9S1' an l3ca "t bt,053, or 17.C0 percent. |