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The I'oxf-OfhVe. Tin- number of p.-t ..Hi. c ^ 

 on June ::o, 1 MM, was <4,:W. of which .'.! I 

 presidential and M.:; s ; i.'unh-< l.-c--. oiiiees. The 

 |Kt routes had an aggregate length of 4:111.02* 

 mile*, as compared w i tn k' ;.<'.'? m iln- pivci-ding 

 \e.-ir. Tin- |io-l-ollire revenue during the li-.ul 

 vein- u,-i- st;;..!i:!1.7Mi, mid t In- cx|H-ndituru $71,- 

 o'i'. 1 . I*;:;. The aggregate sum paid in salaries ID 

 po-!muMiT- was si L.Yjr.OOO. and the expenses of 

 transportation of mails were $86,806,681. 



S-miMirN B. KLKIJCS was horn In Virginia in 1*41, and 

 when three years old was fciken to Westport. now a part of 

 Kansas City. He was educated in the University of >Iis8ouri 

 at Columbia, where he was graduated In I860. Although liis 

 f.nli.T and brother joined the (on federate army, he remain. -.1 

 true tn the Union, and fought on the Federal side as captain 

 of militia at the battle of Lone Jack. The barbarities <! the 

 ferocious guerilla warfare, in which old friends and neigh- 

 bors were on the opposite side, impelled him to resign his 

 commission. Ho crossed the plains in 1MB to Albuquerque, 

 New Mexico, and from there he went to Mesilla. where he 

 began to practice l.iw, which be had studied without a pre- 

 ceptor since leaving college, with the intention of pi-act Hug 

 In St. I.miis. (a--.-- were iriven to him. ami he therefore re- 

 mained, learned Spanish thoroughly, was elected to the Ter- 

 ritorial Legislature In isfti. settled In Santa Fe. obtained a 

 lucrative practice in land cases, and established a bank. In 

 1-7; In- w:is elected a Delegate to Congress", having before 

 that been Attorney-* Jenenil of New Mexico and United 

 States Attorney for the Territory, In which capacity he se- 

 cured the application of the law against involuntary servitude 

 to peonage, and sued out writs of habeax C'>r}>n* In the CUM* 

 of 2,tXM> persons who were held to service for debt. He 

 won a reputation by his speech in favor of the admission of 

 New Mexico as a State, and his motion was carried in the 

 House of Representatives. He was continued In Congress 

 for another term after which he declined re-election. Set- 

 tling in New York, he engaged In financial operations In con- 

 nection with the lands he h:ul acquired ;n New Mexico, and 

 with coal mines, forests, ami railroads belonging to his father- 

 in-law. Senator DavU. and himself In West Virginia. He ac- 

 quired Interests In other rnilr.ads street railroads, and va>l- 

 "ii- large enterprises, and had a large share in directing the 

 electoral campaigns of the Ki-|.iiblicaa partv. of which lie 

 has been a member since its organization ID New Mexico. 



The Patent Office. The number of applica- 

 tioiis tiled in the Patent (Hiiro during the fiscal 

 vear IS'.H) 'ill, including 2.388 caveats, was l-V 

 '.M'.t. of which 30,(i!)(i were for new patents. 111 

 for re-issues, 1.146 for designs. 1,855 for regis- 

 tration of trade-marks, SOS for registration of 

 lalx-ls. The number of patents granted, includ- 

 ing re-issues and designs, was 25,807. the num- 

 ber of trade-marks registered was 1,744, and the 

 number of labels was 289, making a total of 27,- 



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I'livnit-nt of tin- final '*. 'I lit- mui.l.-r . : 

 tuts thai c\|nrifl duriiij; tin- \>-nr vn. 

 Tin- tcn-i|.l> li.r lln- 1 wi-lvi- iin-iiil.- > 

 7!"t, ami i In- c\|ri-ndil urv* wi-n- (1.1 I 



I'lihlic IjindM. During IMM>- I( JI n. M.I,,. 

 bi-r <>f acn-> i nt red under tin- HI.IIH-;. 

 ").(il(i.:t!:5, and the iiiitnl rr taken up under the 

 Timber-culture in t ! i.'.i.t or,. '| | , \i, ( i,ut landn 

 on June :;<i. is'.M. had a total atea of 

 acre>, of which ! m-ie-. hud I 



veved and 2!4.0'J7,77: were iin-urvcjcd. 



1'he Coast and <; ndt lie Snrrej. Advnn- 



tnu'c \\n> lak.-n by tl.i- >ii| > i intei.di-nt of the 

 Coast and (i-odi-tie SHIM y of oj jK.rtim:' 

 forded by hisvi^it of inflection to the I'm ific 

 coast to determine gravity wit.i new and im- 

 jiroved apparatus at a number of Mat. 

 California, Washington, Md Alaska. In compli- 

 ance with a request from the Internatioi,.. 

 detic Association, and with the sanction of tin- 

 Secretary of the TicaMiry, nn officer (-f ti 

 vey was instructed to proceed to tin- Hawaiian 

 Islands and aid an officer detailed by that atwo- 

 ciation in observations relating to the variationM 

 of latitude. He was further directed to deter- 

 mine simultaneously with latitude the f 

 gravity at ea level, and also, when practicable, 

 near the summit of Manna Kea. Tne demand 

 for the charts of the survey ha* for some yeare 

 |>a.-t exceeded the capacity of the oflice prewes, 

 but new presses and increased working room, 

 soon to become available, will probably enable 

 all public requirements to be met. A new build- 

 ing, more perfectly adapted to the needs of the 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey. Secretary I 

 recommended to have erected in Washington. 



Pensions. The disbursements on account of 

 military pensions during the year ending June 

 ;}(), IS!)!, were !fl1H.r)4H.!l.-.<. against f 106.498^90 

 in 1890, $89.181. '.)<>* in 1^0. ifT'.UUii.iTr, ,. 

 $74.815,486 in 1887, $64.584.270 in 1*HI. $5.- 

 fi!):5.7iW in 1885, and |57,878,586 in 1hs4. 'iho 

 total sum paid out in pensions >ince IMij is $1.- 

 277,261,268. The numU-r of peii.-ioners on the 

 rolls on June 80, 1891, was 676,160, of whom 

 586,811 received invalid pensions and 189.889 

 were widows and others. The number of claims 

 allowed during the twelve months was I."i6,486. 

 including 88,611 invalids and i::.77ii widows 

 claiming pensions under the act of June '.'7. 

 1890, and '.I'M survivors and 885 widows of vet- 

 erans of the war with Mexico. The numl-er of 

 applications filed during 18i>0- *91 was 868.799. 

 in addition to which there were 358,582 appli- 

 cations under the act of June 27, 1890, from per- 

 sons who were already jwnsioners or applicants 

 for pensions. The pensioners on the rolls on 

 June :iO, is'.U. drawing pensions under th- 

 em! law, included :!i:!.:.!'7 invalid- and 1- 

 widows, etc.. of the army, and 45.449 invalid* 

 and 2.">W widows etc.. of "the navy, t'nder lin- 

 net of June 27. 1M0. there wnv 57.i:t7 invalid* 

 and 12.20! widows, etc.. of the army ami 

 invalids and 1.4:til widows of the navy admitted 

 to the rolN. The numlH-r of rctern -!' 

 pe;i-i.'ii- for -er\ i.-e> in the War of 1 ^ 1 'J vn* 884, 

 and the numU>r of widows of soldi- 



V.M>. The |M-nMo|iel- .-f tDfl " "111 

 ico niimlH-red H',.:!7!. and the nurn 1 

 .-ioned willows was C..ii7ii. There were 80 widow* 



