from the public lands, Acres. $1,345,672,767 50 367,947,165 716,117,828 272,646,356 811,418,637 $170,940,942 62 $68,524,991 32 9,966,610 14 78,491,601 46 $92,449,341 16 In addition to lands sold, there have been granted for internal improve. ment, education, military services, reservations, &c., 33,756,559 acres. Of the Public Lands, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, 2. [From the Land Commissioners' Report for 1843.] Acres. 169,609,819 58,898,522 26,432,000 987,852,332 Statement of Public Lands sold, and of Payments into the Treasury on account thereof, in the year 1842. 3. Statement of Public Lands sold, and of Payments into the Treasury, on account thereof, in the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters of the year 1843. 4. Exhibit of the Quantity of Public Land sold, and the amount paid by the Purchasers thereof, in each State and Territory, in each Year, from 1835, to the 30th of September, 1843, inclusive. States and Territo 1835. 1836. 1837. ries. Ohio, Mo. Ala. 588,564.39 661,435.59 826,224-44 1,282,991-80 1,663,116-56 470,420.72 Indiana, 1,566,904-85 2,075,571-56 3,245,344-13 4,061,492-68 1,249,817-97 1,564,653-06 Illinois, 2,096,629-29 2,604,698-47 3,199,708-64 4,000,294-36 1,012,849-10 1,266,118-21 662,180-47 828,121-81 1,655,687-66 2,071,204-35 663,987-75 830,095.15 1,557,007-87 1,985,449-26 1,901,409-00 2,377,573-78 381,773-96 477,219-02 2,931,181-15 3,835,625-55 2,023,709-69 2,531,282-59 256,354-10 320,660-04 325,955-85 407,445-41 879,456 06 1,099,323-58 1,817,247-81 2,271,575 17 4,189,823-12 5,241,228-70 787,927-99 963,535 12 1,204,544-20 646,133-73 87,071-97 108,839-94 Mp. La. Mich. Ark. 630,027-75 Wiscon. 217,543-91 316,709-07 5. Statement of the annual receipts from the Land Offices into the Treasury, on account of the Public Lands sold, from 1801 to the 30th of September 1843, inclusive; also, the moneys received by the Treasurer of the United States, Marshals, &c., on the same account, and the amount received for Lands sold prior to the opening of the Land Offices.* The amounts here given differ from those in the preceding table, for the respective years, because all the money received for the land was not at once paid into the U.S. Treasury, but the minor land offices were sometimes in debt to the general Treasury at the close of the year, and sometimes paid up the debt of a former year. 6. Shares of the several States and Territories, under the Distribution Act of 4th September, 1841, of the residue of the net proceeds of the Public Lands sold in the half year ending 30th June, 1842, amounting to $562,144 18. 1. X. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. [From a Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, December 6, 1843.J Statement of duties, revenues, and public expenditures, during the calendar year 1842, and from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1843, exclusive of trust funds. The receipts into the treasury were as fol lows: From customs, viz During the first quarter,. Total customs, For 1842. Six mos. of 1843. $1,840,721 15 $2,940,804 16 6,138,390 62 4,106,039 75 6,281,659 18 3,927,137 81 18,187,908 76 7,046,843 91 |