369,529,600

Grand total.

.1,835.017,692

Alaska, to which the general land laws are not applicable and in which surveys and disposals of no great importance have been made...

"Vacant public lands" (272.294.120 acres of which are unsurveyed) are those subject to settlement, and to filing and entry if surveyed.

Reserved lands" mean those reserved for satisfaction of railroad grants, for military and naval purposes, reservoir sites. Indians, timber, and those embraced in unconfirmed prívate land grants-in other words, all lands reserved for any purpose whatsoever, which may be eventually restored to the public domain.

Appropriated lands" include all lands embraced in selections, filings and entries, perfected and unperfected, and the area of lands granted for school purposes.

THE PENSION OFFICE.

NUMBER OF PENSIONERS ON THE ROLLS JUNE 30, 1897,

In each state and territory of the United States and in each foreign country, and the amount paid for pensions during the fiscal year.

NUMBER OF PENSIONS ALLOWED AND INCREASED DURING THE YEAR,
With the annual value of all pensions on the rolls.

Total

50, 101 5,001 155 25,792|1,784,770 3.971 485.52241.122|| 5.684 081 Average annual value of each pension

976.014 129.795.428

.$133.17

Average annual value of each pension under the general law.
Average annual value of each pension under act of June 27, 1890

162.04

109.25

NUMBER OF PENSION CLAIMS, PENSIONERS AND DISBURSEMENTS, 1861-1897.

Beginning with 1893 the total number of applications filed and the total number of claims allowed include army nurses and survivors and widows of Indian wars.

$2,137,464,872.07

DISBURSEMENTS, 1897.

Amount disbursed at United States pension agencies during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897:

In addition to the above there was disbursed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, the following sum, chargeable to the appropriation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896: Fees of examining surgeons, pensions, $193.682.64.

STATE PENSIONS TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS.-1897.

PENSIONERS DROPPED.

117

Pensioners of the various classes dropped from the rolls during the year, with the cause, and the number of each class on the rolls June 30, 1897.

Total number of children on the rolls: General law, 19,511; act June 27, 1890, 46,358. Total minors, 65,869.

STATE PENSIONS TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS, 1897.

Compiled from official information by Gov. William Y. Atkinson of Georgia, and published in his message to the legislature, Oct. 27, 1897.

MINERAL PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES, 1895 AND 1896. (Compiled for the Mineral Industry by Richard P. Rothwell.)