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Show SIIIGTO?f. Washinclon, 13 During conaider-at;ou conaider-at;ou of the sundry civil iipropna-tion iipropna-tion bill iu the bouse, today. Wigging Wig-ging ton oflered two amendments wb'ch were dp'eated by large majorities. majori-ties. One proposed to increase the amount which the comrmsfioner of the laud edict is expressly aufhori'Z"d to dp vote to the sin v .-. ng of lunoer lands fr--" $40 o:X) to $100 000. Tne other pruvidro that registers and receivers should be allowed to retain the f, collected for taking I testimony. Wiggingtou also otlered Mil ttUJtUJUIlltUI, iu nuuiieu HJU offices of United States surveyors general throughout the county and j do away with the contract system of i nurvt-yiug, which wna immc-diatelv ruled o'it f.i a point ol order raised by i Page, '.'-on '-siooer Williamson, al thertq-J- t Page, his written au official lettrr uruing tho necefcoity ut a special appropriation for surveying timber lands in California, Oregon, Washington ;i"d Nevada. The commie-ion r writes that unless these laodH be surveyed, the law recently enacted lor their sale will be to a great exteut, if not wholly a, dead I letter, aa very little of Ihe timber 1 land unfit foi cultivation has heretofore been Burvpyed on the Pacifio slope. He adds: It may be well to mention in this connection, that the government has to maintain, under the existing laws, all the machinery for conducting the surveying survey-ing and thereby become subject to sale under said act. There can be no doubt ihat they will sell readily at th jpr.ee fixed and thus reimburse the United States (or surveying them. I therefore think it will be wise ana in tne end economical 1 to appropriate at least $50,000 to survey tins clasa of lands in Cali loroi etc., the amount to be appor tioned by the commissioner of the general land office in aucb a manner as to secure toe purvey of such lauds a? will mot readily sell, and are mo?t liable to be trespas-ted upon. Page, in view of the improbability of obtaining obtain-ing the approprii ; ion thus advocated, haa prepared an amendment which he will rpqueat S-irgoant to use in the senate, providing aa a means to make the recent law effect ive, that applicants to purchase limner lands may be allowed to deposit money for Burveys and be credited with therein advance, when making payment for tue perfected title Davis' amendmeut to the sundry civil appropriation bili, increa-ing tlje amount for the San Francisco ap pr twpr's building from $3-5 000 to J102.000, wH-i, hy a (mall mj -rny, jCet-ated in tne house to uiybt. owing to the fact that a number of similar i amendment.- b d j-.i-l previcn--:y been voted down and the mnjoritv of membp's prrsoni were in ill humor, and impaticiit to finish the bid. Sargent will, however, undoubtedly obtain the restoration ot the lull amount in the senate and Davis baa assurances (rom eevera) democratic members of tho house appropriation committee, wuich warrant the belief that the Lid, when finally reported Irf-m the committee of conlerence, and puMjed by b'ih houses, will be found : lo contain au item f-T the who!? sum I of $lH2O00, or at least a handsome : apprux-.-iatji o to it. Sargent will lalsu make au effort in the senate to piocure tb neertiou of an appropriation appropri-ation in thD bill tor the completion ot the Bloue dry dock at Mare Inland. The bill will labor under the diaad -vantage of a failure bv Lutlreil to secure from the bousu for this nhj-'ct any appropriation whatever I.utirell' fljrt was made throt-o GfrUM ir;,;uia member ol the naval i'0nmi,!oe. who oflered an amend-nii'iii amend-nii'iii cot?(.;:;ig this several large it-iiifl for o her navy yards, wiiicn iwwe collectivsly ruled out 'if or-iur |