~. 1.nds-rheir Sale and ID :stribution.
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p,e,.c Lands-Thcir Sale and dD'strib"tion. ID
We showed few days since the amount Of
Mic lands which had been purchased by the
r";tpd States government prior to the year lo4o
T.s amount was about four hundred and t,centy
!.;ii;oas of acres. which had cost the govern
,,,t me handred and fire millions Of dollars,
I, u, eehty.two millions paid the Indians, as pur-
'S.ss Tnonsy ard the residue as cost of survey
ca .n1 superintendance. We shall now show the
sisposition lis, which has been made of this DOMAIN
Nd the amount produced by sales.


From 1871, the origin of the Constitution to
June sOth, l8so, the following was the gross re
suit: ,oos,,s


s A5ney paid ,nio Treasury sls.as.lS2


In to 1880 the public lands sold had not pro-
3u,ed one dollar per acre.


The amount sold, and proceeds down to l64O
-. he seen in the following table: