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Show ARIZONA TERRITORY. The Annual Report of the fiovernor to the Secretary of the Territory. "Washington-, Oct. 8. X. O. Murphy, acting act-ing governor of Arizona territory, in his annual an-nual report to the secretary of the' interior, expresses the opinion that the population of the territory will reach 70,000 'people before the end of the present fiscal year. There are at least, he says, ri,000 mormons in the territory ter-ritory engaged in agriculture and mining. ' The following show s the kind and quality of taxable property in the territory and its valuation according to the report of the territorial ter-ritorial board for the. current year: Number of acres. 3,344.6tS; value of same, SL'"0"-.1'-1 ; full value of improvements, $"J.3tti,314; value of city and town lots, $l,ftj'3.'i57; value of improvements im-provements on sarna, S2,34 7,424; number of Dorses, 4j,012; value of same, $1,1S,10S. There are also owned in the territorv 1757 mules, 720,y40 head of cattle and 2SS.727 sheep. There arc also 10S3 miles of railroad, making the total valuation of all taxable property in the territory, S2S.270.40rt. This amount, however, the acting governor regards re-gards as entirely too low. He is of the opinion that f 70;00,(00 would be much near-the near-the fact.-. The bonded debt of the territory is given at $60(5.000. interest thereon $43,J0; the floating debt $19(),(KS0 interest thereon $15,Srtf; makinjr a total indebtedness of $855,2S0. The indebtedness of the several counties aggregates $2,175,05. The indebtedness indebt-edness of the" cities of l'hanix, Tucson, Prescott and Tombstone aggregate 18S,y"$. The average rate of interest throughout the territory, 3.2S per cent. The. totai number of acres entered under the public land laws during the year is given as 439,108. Mining lias always been the foremost weulth-produeing industry of Arizona, says the report, and during the last year has been very active. The mineral exports of 1S91 if is thought will exceed that of any previous pre-vious year. The acting governor esti-! esti-! mates the copper output at 30.000,000 pounds; the gold output at $1,132,055, and the silver at $l,oS3,585. During the year very ! valuable deposits of superior onyx have I been discovered. The quality is said to be first-class. j ( The pine forests in Northern and Central Hattvon tp.tj re ."! 2VM sqv-are j'.Virsor approximately 1,750,000 arres. The co'mmon schnol system of the territory is said to be firmly established, well maintained and compares com-pares favorably with any in the country. The acting governor recommends that Arizona be admitted to the Union as a 6tate upon the adoption of a proper constitution by the people; that all the public lands within with-in her borders be ceded by the government to the territory or state; that all the public pub-lic lands be surveyed; that the school lands be made at once available that the Apache Indians be disarmed and prohibited from using arms; that the mineral min-eral lands in the San Carlos reservation be opened to occupancy and development by white citizens, and that the proceeds of the sale of the same bo held in trust for the Indians. In-dians. His recommendations of last year are renewed. |