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Show l'ulille Land Snrvoya. Washington, D. C tlet. 8. The secretary of the interior today approved the apportionment of money appropriated appropri-ated for surveys of tho public lands for the. year ending Juno 8(1, 1HII'.. Tho amount allotted to each state and ter- ritory, with tho increase or decrease, when any exist, as compared with last year, is as follows: Arizona, .1000; California. 10.000; Colorado. $15.01X1; North Dakota, Wll.OOO;-South Dakota, $111,000, increase, J','0,000; Idaho, .'0,. OOfi, increase, (10,000; Lousiaua. none, decrease. (70(H); Minnesota, (10,000, increase, in-crease, (5000: Montana, (75,000, increase, in-crease, $00,000; New Mexico, (10,000. increase, (-.'OOO; Oregon. (.0.000, increase, in-crease, (10,000; Utah. (HtlOO, increase, (3000; Washington, (x.j.OOO, increase, ii5,000j Wyoming, ('J0,000, increase, $10,000. The reserve fund for contingencies is $27,000, nn increase of $.'000 over last year. The sum of $10,000 is allotted for examination in surveys. The total thus appropriateil is $ I'.Ti.OOO. Last year I be appropriation was (IH5.0K). The secretary secre-tary in his letter to the commissioner of the general land olTh osavs: "It is to be remembered that if any portion of the moneys appropriated to these several states ami territories is found to be in excess of that actually needed, it can be chanired nt any time to meet the demands, of some other requiring re-quiring more. .You will therefore consider con-sider yourself not absolutely controlled by the present apportionment if circumstances cir-cumstances should arise demanding a change." |