Show INCREASE IREASE SHOWN IN COllECTIONS Secretary Farnsworth of State Land Board Gives Some In Interesting g Figures NEW RULES WORKING WELL RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY TOTAL SUM OF An Increase of In the collections of the state land board boad for the first eight days of January just past over the first eight days dars of January 1909 1009 Is shown in inn n ft statement of collections complied compiled yes yesterday yesterday by Will H Farnsworth secretary ot of the land board The statement also ilso shows that up to date the collections hac been far greater than they were at thIs time a year ago chiefly through the new rules adopted by the land board com compelling corn polling payments at the first ot of the year ear to the payment of Interest and through the work ot of Farnsworth in demanding early settlements The comparison of the collections for three months of the two is shown as follows 1903 1909 October 3 November 21 December Tota For them three months according to Mr Ir Farnsworth the average Increase of 1909 over 1003 Is shown owing to the In Increased creased business of the department But thE receipts for the early part of January are much larger this year owing to the figh made by the secretary and other oter commissioners for a more prompt pa pay ment on the first ot of the year For the first eight days of 1009 the receIpts were and for the first eight days of the present month the they reached the un unprecedented unprecedented sum of or an In Increase crease rease for this year ear of Receipts Not Included It was said yesterday by Secretary Farnsworth that when hen the statement was completed on January Januar 8 last Saturday there was at least OOOO In receipts In the theland theland land board office for which receipts had not hot been made out and which Is not In Included eluded in this statement This does not either the received on annual payments due on bonds and first farm mortgages which have been bought by the board It deals alone with the pay mens for tor land purchased from the state The total expenses ot of the land board for tor 1909 amounted to Thomas C Callister was In charge of the theoffice theoffice office during January Januar February and March 1909 and amI W V H Farnsworth was wasn in n charge during the remaining months of 1909 Under Mr Callister tile expenses of the board amounted to 8 3 while under Mr r Farnsworth they t totaled 11 23 making a grand total ot of for the year ear |