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Show PLANS FOR ECONOMY IN THE LAND OFFICE WASHINGTON. June 2L The general gen-eral land office is shaping its program pro-gram for field investigations during the next fiscal year of matters concerning tho public domain so as to come within th compass of tho approbation of $7n0,000 which the sundry civil service hill, now in conference, will carry for the work, Commissioner Dennott of the goneral land offico expects the field di-visipn di-visipn to be reduced from .17 to 12 and the fiold service of tho land ofiico decreased de-creased about 25 per cent. Tho reductions reduc-tions will be duo to the .'act that $1,000,000. was appropriated for2 the work during the current fiscal year. The appropriation of $750,000 for next year, howpver, was based upon the estimate of the general land office as tho amount required to carry on tho work. |