780 





A.MKKICA. 



I'nited States up to that date was 95.741,688 acres, 

 4.488,078 acres to States for canal purposes, 

 1,987,027 acres to States for wagon > 't,21l 



acres under river improvement grant*, and - : 

 827 acres to States and con- railroad 



The railroad selections during the year 



vacant and subject 



tw. of which' 319.949,888 acres were 

 272,294.130 arn* unsurveyed. The 

 of pul.h, land surveyed up to June 80. 

 .073.648 acre*, and the total sr- 



. cd was 754.448,745 acres, 

 ..f Indian ami other puMie i 

 unsur ^te land 1 Mim.y-d pri- 



In'ims in ralif,.rnia. Ari/.ona. . and 



total 



Commerce. The total value of the import* .-uj.l 



ts of merohandiss for tin- \i-ar ending June 

 ipnredwil 



.' in IMMi and fl,'- in 1895, In 



the volume of trade was fl. 1 : in 



, : in 1WW. f-Ji'|.;;i.- :; . m 

 xcoss of imports over ex- 

 ports in lsi7 was $28663.1 It : in 1896, $102,882,- 



i im- 

 ports in the fiscal year 1897 was 764,730,412, com- 

 pared with $7: In \\\. 1 (W in 



-.' 



$23> 1 1865, and $257,808,71 i. Th- 



\alu. of domestic exports was $1 

 highest figure ever reached, having inm-a-ed from 

 $868,200,487 in 1896 and $708,892.:.'.''. ,,, 186 



New Mexico, the sections reserved for pul.li.- not much exceeding the total of f I. oi:..7:;-j.i*l l for 

 fplKMrt^ unsurveyed railroad, swamp land, ami 112, to whirl, 'is had gradually 



: in mtain, laka, rhrer, ri- n from .MXj.sr.-j.ioi in isss. The exports of 

 and other unproductive area*, dome-tie men-hand 



The PatSt 0ce.-Ti.r nnmU>r of appli.-a- in is?:,. *.JUs4.HK); in 1865, $136,940^1- 



during tin- calendar year 1896 was 18.V. 



42,077; for design patents. 1,828; for reissues. Thr valm-> >f thrartirlrs <.rda--.^ .,f art ii-l.-s im- 



for registration of i rad.- -i prtrd in IN.*; D in the foUowing table: 



tion of labels, 59; for pri: unberol cave- 



The ntimlK-rof pat- vd^ 



ents granted, including designs and P issues, was Affrientanl tanpleinents 

 JMW; of trad, ; .marks ^istered 1,818 ; of lai.K A;;;;;;;;!; ^;;: i ;;! 1 ;.""> :I ;^j 



1: Of prints. I?'..': total. -,'.,. -,>!!. lli.-re were 4.,.i A iitini,.iiy. ..re an.l re K ulus . .4<M,8( 



patents withheld for nonpavinent of fe.-s. Tin- A.-H. !>. ti..- |.r...iue.- ..r ti..- rnii.-i stai. - 



nornber of patents that expired was rj.i:',:?. The i;r...-.i m,. ...... 



imber ..f applications filed sin.v is:57 was fSftSg?? i$t$H 



l.040,0:r. and the n u in ber of caveats filed wa- K>7.- Asbestos, uninanufactun 



while the total number of original patents Asphnltum or ,it,,m,-n. fn-,-. 



granUMl.incl.idr ... was 577,539. there- gS?,;SK,i V,rnmeViti-:: >' 



' iHiee during 1896 were $1,324,- Beeswax, free .:.:;:. 



090. and the expenditures $1.113.413. BeveraRes : 



The Indlann. The appropriations of Conjgress AJloSer..'.' 



for the Indian Bureau in 1S!0 were ^727.<I4(> for Kisnmth i . 



eurn-nt and eontin;ent expenses, $2,982.147 for Bin. i^-./.m-.i 



treaty obligations to the Indians, $695.^:> f ; ,r mis- * ';i e free ;::. 



ci- 1 laneou s nppon and gratainea, $82,ft>0 for inci- Bones. . m.i.-. fr.-,-. 



dental expensed; $549,903 for misosUaneaQfl pur- BoBaad hors^mamtfaetarssof 



: .;8,OM,515 for support of s,h,,,,ls. ^7.1 tor : '^- ^'^ 



interest on trust funds, and $1.660,000 for purchase Branx, and manufactures of 



of Indian lands ; total. 4 The total Indian Br-a.ut.ifTs 



cSfKiiV.. s^yft E-; : ;: 



the general census, was 241) :27>l in 1WO. The num- Hu 



ber of Indians on reserN at Ions, whi-h was 2r,.127 in f B , lltton f ' .V""." 1 l. f " r " ls 

 . . , ( . ^, (M ^ _. ;:M;it ,. (1 ;i , ,,, s] - ^^P^^noa 



in 1^.7. The nuinlM-r of Mirths for the year ending ChemiealH. drugi!. nnl /!> 



June 80, 1897. was 4326 and deaths 4,058. The -\i,/ari, lore and dyen, natural or art Ifleial 



area of the Indian reservations has been reduced cHSoSbSS ' 



from 841,800 square miles in 1880 to 162,991 in ( ,'d iar^reand dy.:::: t\Sm 



1800, and 1293^ in 1897. Cochi,,.,,i n.-.w 



sJS lf ? mt &' The i imf "jl? tilin J " l 897 - wa8 

 00jn2, of which number 1,954 were Bohemians, Extracts of dyvwoods 



15^25 Hungarians and 16.052 oth.-r A MM P.- Hun- : 



garian*, other than Poles, making the total from 'i'Mnarablc.. 



XoWHnngarv except Poles, 88.081 ; 700 were ^^^t^j^^^.:: 



Belgians, 2.085 Danes. 2.107 l-'n-n.-h. ^ si,,-ii., 



mans. 571 Greek*. 59.431 I- N) D.it,-h. AH ,,fh,-r ,- wi ::. 



N r-_- ; i -;: ; .. .,,-..;: itou- ^ 



manian*. 22.7-VI Rumtann .,ih-r than Poles. 3.066 Ume. chl 



Bpsjaisli, 18.162 - ft Swiss, and 159 Boro- 



rJtan TtirV* O O*J tron k^nrvlial . I'M I-' I 1 OQO ' >|'illtri. <Tn<|f. ' .' 



peanTurks, ..4 . t- i - , .M h-^h, 1,888 4 , (1I1M1 .. , 



Scotch, 870 Welsh, and 'J . I'.ntjsh not -|--rifie.l. I'otaKh. rhlorat< J 



making the total number from the United K 



from all K {Jg*[- <$> 



290 were fn-m Itntish North Am- from o 



ral Amerir-a, 4.101 f r ,.i,. 



West -.uth Sil l Ula t 2S^da'Mn'" 



a, making a total of 4.537 frm America: Soda, all other salto of . 



3,363 were Chinese and 6,290 other Aiatie*. mak- snipimr. . -m 



in. 9.662 from Art. : 1W c.m,. fr , .,.,., and ^;; ; f' 



6 i from Africa. \\\ other chemicals, drugs, and <) 



