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does not, however, in any way impair the legal right of an 

 entryman to contest before the Commissioner of the General 

 Land Office or the Secretary the propriety or accuracy of the 

 classification. 



The progress up to June 30, 191 7, of the systematic classi- 

 fication of lands classified and restored to entry under such 

 classification may be seen from the following : 



Lands classified as Acres 



Coal lands 21,226,708 



Oil-shale lands 3>99 2 >°3 6 

 (classified as mineral lands) 



Mineral lands in Northern Pacific Rail- 

 road grant in Idaho and Montana 224,218 



Lands suitable for enlarged homesteads 275,633,861 



The status on June 30, 191 7, of lands withdrawn from 

 entry either permanently or pending the enactment of legisla- 

 tion for their disposition is as follows : 



Withdrawn as Acres 



Oil lands 6,348,640 



Potash lands 130,629 



Phosphate lands 2,506,398 



Water-power sites 2,429,097 



Reservoir sites 80,251 



(valuable principally for the storage of 

 water for irrigation) 



Public water reserves 201,708 



These figures, it should be noted, include under each class all 

 lands now withdrawn from entry. The lands so withdrawn, 

 however, have not all been examined and classified, and are, 

 therefore, subject to restoration to entry should they be found, 

 on examination, not to fall in the class indicated. 



Classification on Applications. The classifications made by 



