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Show Land Management Collections In Utah Rated High Regional offices of the Bureau of Land Management collected more than $1,000,000 in Utah during dur-ing the fiscal year ended June 30 and almost a third of the sum will be returned to the state by the end of 1949. According to a report released by Ralph J. Mitchell, administrative administra-tive officer, collections for royalties royal-ties and rentals on oil, gas, coal and phosphate amounted to $984,-135.37. $984,-135.37. Of that sum, $365,300.26 will be returned to the state from Washington, D. C, offices. Collections under the Taylor grazing act were $184,682.91 and $17,670 will be paid back to the state, the report said. Some 25 of the total will be appropriated by congress for range improvements improve-ments during the following year. The report also noted that 3472 operators in the state handled 1,-569,287 1,-569,287 sheep, cattle and horses. Sheep take the largest bite of this figure, listing a total of 1,365,510. Further breakdown reveals a total of 198,664 cattle and 5113 horses. Noncompetitive oil and gas leases continued to increase with 2009 recorded for the fiscal year. Other applications received by regional re-gional offices include: Homesteads, Home-steads, 128; desert land, 17; public auction sales, 63; and small tract leases, 30. Mr. Mitchell noted that the year's collections soared above any previous figure for the same period per-iod of time. |