C.-A list of public lands surveyed in Montana Territory during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.

Acres.

400.00 2,000.00

* Township returned per previous report, the area of which is changed by subsequent survey.

D.-Statement showing condition of the public surveys contracted for by United States surveyor general of Montana, under appropriation by Congress, for the fiscal year ending Jone 30, 1872.

35 May 19....

The fifth standard parallel north, through
ranges 3, 4, 5, and 6 east; a guide meri-
dian from the fifth standard parallel
north, between ranges 6 and 7 east,
through townships 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25
north. The sixth standard parallel
north, through ranges 5, 6, 7, and ́s east ;
the exterior boundaries of townships 21
and 22 north, ranges 3, 4, 5, and 6 east,
and township 25 north, range 6 east ; the
exterior subdivision and meander lines
of township 23 north, ranges 4, 5, and 6
east; township 24 north, ranges 5 and 6
east, and township 25 north, ranges 7
and 8 east; the subdivisional and mean-
der lines of township 21 north, range 3
east, and township 22 north, ranges 3, 4,
and 5 east of the principal meridian.
The exterior and subdivisional lines of
fractional townships 3 and 4 north, range
4 west; township 3 south, range & west;
township 6 south, range 9 west; town-
ship 7 south, range 10 west; township 4
south, range 7 west, and subdivision
lines of townships 1 and 2 north, range
1 west, and township 4 north, range 2
west of the principal meridian.
The fourth standard parallel north,
through ranges 4 and 5 west. The fifth
standard parallel north, through ranges
4, 5, 6, and 7 west; the exterior lines of
townships 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 north,
range (No. 5) 5 west, and the exterior
lines of township 19 north, ranges 6 and
7 west; the exterior lines of township
21 north, range 7 west; the exterior
and subdivision lines of township 20
north, ranges 5, 6, and 7 west, and ex-
terior and subdivision lines of town-
ship 21 north, range 6 west, and the ex-
terior lines of townships 17, 18, 19, 20,
and 21 north, range 4 west of the princi
pal meridian.

The third standard parallel through range Walter W. DeLacy
4 east; the Deep Creek guide meridian
south, between ranges 5 and 6 east,
through townships 7 and 8 north; the
exterior and subdivision lines of town-
ships 7, 8, and 9 north, range 6 east;
townships 9, 10, 11, and 12 north, range 4
east of the principal meridian.

36 May 20... The subdivisional lines of townships 7 and
& north, range 10 west; the exterior and
subdivision lines of township 9 north,
ranges 11, 12, and 13 west, and 7 and 8
north, range 8 west; second standard
parallel north, through ranges 13 and 14
west; the exterior and subdivisional
lines of township 10 north, ranges 10, 11,
and 12 west; a guide meridian between
ranges 7 and 8 west; through townships
9, 10, 11, and 12 north, and the third stand-
ard parallel north, through ranges 8, 9,
and 10 west of the principal meridian.
June 20... The principal meridian south through
townships 18 and 19 north, exterior sub-
division and meander lines of townships
19 and 20 north, ranges 1, 2, and 3 east,
and exterior lines of township 18 north,
range 1 east of the principal meridian.
The second standard parallel north,
through range 7 west, and the exterior
and subdivision lines of township 9
north, in ranges 7, 8, and 9 west of the
principal meridian,

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June 19...

Do.

Walter W. Johnson and
William H. Baker,

Do.

Tilford M. Boyd.......

Do.

William H. Baker...

Do.

D.-Statement showing condition of the public surveys in Montana, &c.—Continued.

Aug. 19. The fractional section line between sections 9 and 16, in township 1 north, range 6 east of the principal meridian.

William Y. Smith...

Completed and returns made.

40 Sept. 20... The exterior lines of township 12 north, Benjamin F. Marsh......

1-72. 41 May ...

range 4 west; exterior and subdivision lines of township 12 north, range 5 west; township 11 north, range 5 west, and of fractional townships 7, 8, and 9 south, range 4 west of the principal meridian. The subdivision lines of fractional township & north, range 1 west of the prin cipal meridian.

T. C. Bailey

Do.

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JOHN E. BLAINE, Surveyor General for Montana.

E-Statement showing condition of contracts made for survey of mineral lands in Montana under acts of Congress of July 26, 1866, and July 9, 1870, for the fiscal year ending Jun

30.1-72.

F.-Statement showing the description of land for which township plats and descriptive lista have been furnished the Helena land office, at Helena, Montana, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.

Township returned per previous report, the area of which is changed by subsequent surveys.

JOHN E. BLAINE Surveyor General for Montana Territory.

G-Statement showing the condition of the appropriation for the clerks in the office of surveyor general of Montana for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.

DR.

CR.

H-Statement showing the condition of appropriation for salary of surveyor general of Montana for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1872.

DR.

CR.