MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. STATISTICS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES. We are indebted to RICHARD M. YOUNG, ESQ., the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for a copy of the Annual Report, an interesting and carefully prepared document, accompanied with an appendix containing tabular statements of the disposition of the public lands from the commencement of the land system up to January 1st, 1849, from which we derive the following particulars : THE SURVEY AND DISPOSAL of the PUBLIC LANDS. OHIO. The whole of the public lands in this State, which contains an area of 39,964 square miles, or 25,576,960 acres, have been surveyed, and the township plats returned to this office and the respective district land offices. The books, plats, field notes, &c., appertaining to the surveys therein, have been transferred to the proper authorities of the State, under the acts of 12th June, 1840, and 3d March, 1845, and that part of the business of the surveyor general's office, north-west of the Ohio, relating to surveys, &c., in this State, entirely closed up. The land districts have been consolidated, from time to time, as the sales have progressed, until the number of the local land offices has been reduced to two, one of which is located at Chillicothe and the other at Defiance. All the lands have been proclaimed and offered at public sale; and there still remains of the public lands to be disposed of in this State, as near as can be ascertained, about 875,465 acres. INDIANA. In this State, having an area of 33,809 square miles, or 21,637,760 acres, the whole of the public lands have been surveyed, and the township plats returned to this and the district land offices. The surveys in this State having been finished, the surveyor general has been instructed to have the plats, field notes, &c., pertaining to those surveys completed, and transferred to the authorities of the State by or before the 30th June next, as required by the acts of 12th June, 1840, and 3d March, 1845. The surveyor general reports, that he will be able to comply with those instructions; consequently, after that shall have been done, the authority of the surveyor general, north-west of the Ohio, will be restricted to the State of Michigan. All the public lands in this State have also been proclaimed and offered at public sale; and of those lands about 3,572,645 acres remain unsold and undisposed of. ILLINOIS. The area of this State is 55,405 square miles, or 35,459,200 acres. The whole of the public lands have been surveyed, and the plats returned to the district land offices, with the exception of a few detached tracts, all of which will be completed, however, together with the plats, records, &c., connected therewith, under instructions from this office, and the latter turned over to the authorities of the State by the 30th of June next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, as required by the act of 12th June, 1840. All the lands which have been surveyed have been proclaimed and offered at public sale; and there still remains 15,693,076 acres of public lands in this State to be sold or disposed of MICHIGAN. In this State, having an area of 56,243 square miles, or 35,995,520 acres, the surveys have been executed, and plats returned to this office and the district land offices of 28,177,185 acres; and, of the remainder, it is estimated that 1,478,400 acres will be surveyed, and the plats returned during the ensuing year. With the exception of about 529,000 acres in the southern peninsula, all the lands remaining to be surveyed in Michigan are in the upper peninsula. Of the public lands in this State, it is estimated that there are remaining to be sold or disposed of, about 25,097,296 acres. WISCONSIN. It is estimated that there is contained within the boundaries of this State an area of 53,924 square miles, or 34,511,360 acres. Of this area, 14,352,879 acres have been surveyed, and the plats returned to this and the district land offices; and, of the remainder, it is estimaied that 1,344,000 acres will be surveyed, and the plats returned during the next year. All the lands in this State, the plats of which were received in time, have been proclaimed and offered at public sale; and 28,863,763 acres still remain unsold and undisposed of. Iowa. The boundaries of this State include 50,915 square miles, or 82,584,960 acres. Of these, 14,806,381 acres have been surveyed, and the plats returned; and of the balance, 2,240,000 acres, it is expected, will be surveyed, and the plats returned in the |