UNITED STATES. 



may be said that of the present naval force 

 nothing worthy the name will remain. 



All the vessels heretofore authorized are 

 under contract or in course of construction, 

 except the armored ships, the torpedo and 

 dynamite boats, and one cruiser. As to the 

 last of these, the bids were in excess of the 

 limit fixed by Congress. 



Indians. The following are statistics for the 

 year ending June 30, 1886 : 



Total area of reservations in square miles 212,466 



Total Indian population, exclusive of Alaska 247,761 



Number of mixed bloods 20,567 



Total Indian and mixed population, males 120,5:27 



Total Indian and mixed population, females 127,234 



Number of Indians living upon and cultivating lands 



allotted 9,612 



Number of male Indians who labor in civilized pur- 

 suits, full blood 38,776 



Number of male Indians who labor in civilized pur- 

 suits, mixed blood 4,647 



Percentage of subsistence obtained by labor in civil- 

 ized pursuits 68 



Percentage of subsistence obtained by hunting, fish- 

 ing, etc 9 



Percentage of subsistence obtained by issue of Gov- 

 ernment rations 23 



Number of missionaries : 



Male 105 



Female 38 



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The Commissioner of Indian Affairs discuss- 

 es at considerable length the condition of 

 the five civilized tribes of the Indian Terri- 

 tory the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, 

 Creeks, and Seminoles and sets forth the evil 

 effects flowing from the holding of their land 

 in common, contrary to the general policy 

 which is being pursued by the Government 

 with other Indians. 



It is shown by the agent's report that there 

 is within the limits of the Territory owned and 

 occupied by the five civilized tribes a popula- 

 tion aggregating 100,500 souls, composed of 

 64,000 native Indians, adopted whites, freed- 

 men, etc., and 36,500 white people who are 

 there as licensed traders, railroad-men, labor- 

 ers, claimants to Indian citizenship, cattle-men, 

 intruders, thieves, loafers, gamblers, etc. The 

 land held by them aggregates 19,785,000 acres. 



The Cherokees, Creeks, and Choctaws spend 

 yearly about $200,000 for the education of 

 their children. 



Pension Bureau. There were at the close of 

 the year ending June 30, 1886, 365.783 pen- 

 sioners, classified as follows: 265,854 army 

 invalids; 80,162 army widows, minor children, 

 and dependent relatives; 2,953 navy invalids; 

 1,878 navy widows, minor children, and de- 

 pendent relatives ; 1,539 survivors of the War 

 of 1812, and 13;397 widows of those who 

 served in that war, showing a diminution in 

 survivors during the year of 1,406, and of 

 widows of 3,815. There were added to the 

 rolls durmff the year the names of 40,857 new 

 pensioners, and the names of 2,229 whose pen- 

 sions had been previously dropped were re- 

 stored to the rolls. During the same period 

 the names of 22,089 pensioners were dropped 

 from the rolls for various causes, leaving a net 

 increase of 20,658 names. The average annual 

 value of each pension at the close of the year 



was $122.23, a gain of average annual value 

 over last year of $11.88. The aggregate an- 

 nual value of all pensions was $44,708,027.44; 

 an increase of like value for the year of $6,617,- 

 041.51. The amount paid for pensions during 

 the year was $63,797,831.61 ; a decrease in 

 amount over the previous year of $1,135,- 

 456.51; a difference due to the difference in 

 amounts of " arrearages " paid. The difference 

 between the amount paid and the annual values 

 is due to first payments, including " accrued " 

 and "arrears." 



In the aggregate, 1, 018,735 pension claims 

 have been filed since 1861, and in the same 

 period 621,754 claims have been allowed of all 

 classes. The amount paid for pensions since 

 1861 is $808,624.811.57. 



Public Lands. The sales, entries, and selec- 

 tions of public laud under the various acts of 

 Congress relating thereto, for the year ending 

 June 30, 1886, embrace 20,991,967-18 acres, 

 and of Indian lands 1,132,596.74 acres, making 

 a total of 22,124,563.92 acres; being an in- 

 crease over the year 1885 of 1,129,050-34 acres, 

 and a decrease, as compared with the fiscal 

 year 1884, of 5,406,606-08 acres. The receipts 

 from the disposals of public lands are $7,412,- 

 767.31; from sales of Indian lands, $1,607,- 

 729.63 ; a total of $9,020,496.94, being an in- 

 crease as compared with the year 1885 of 

 $400,898.62, and a decrease as compared with 

 the year 1884 of $3,758,633.39; to which is to 

 be added $10,587.40 received for certified cop- 

 ies of records furnished by the General Land- 

 Office, making the total receipts for the year 

 from all sources $9,031,084.34. 



State selections were made under educa- 

 tional and internal improvement grants aggre- 

 gating 318,615 - 70 acres, an increase of 19,- 

 374-02 acres over the year 18S5. 



The map of the United States has been com- 

 piled and 3,500 copies published. Maps of 

 California, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Florida 

 were revised and published. New maps of 

 Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Louisiana 

 have been compiled and traced. New maps of 

 Arkansas, Montana, Arizona, and Indiana are 

 in process of construction. All the new maps 

 were compiled from new projections. 



Five railroad patents were issued during the 

 last fiscal year, embracing 100,823-02 acres; a 

 decrease, as compared with the previous fiscal 

 year, of 1,053,126-98 acres. Lists of selections 

 are on file amounting to 16,571,299-70 acres, 

 an increase of 2,298,241*89 acres. 



In fifteen of the public-land States, the 

 swamp and overflowed lands, " made thereby 

 unfit for cultivation," were granted by Con- 

 gress to enable those States " to construct the 

 necessary levees and drains to reclaim such 

 lands." At the date of the original acts, in 

 1849 and 1850, it was estimated that 5,000,000 

 acres would satisfy the grant. Claims have 

 been presented up to the present time for 

 more than 75,000,000 acres, and patents have 

 been issued for over 56,000,000 acres. There 



