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The cash receipts from all sources, sales, fees, and commissions, for the last fiscal year amounted to $4,402,112.53.

The total area of the land States and Territories is 1,814,788,922 acres, of which 784,906,980 acres have been surveyed.

The area of lands surveyed the last fiscal year was greater by 6,058,759 acres than that of the previous year.

The area of public lands disposed of the last fiscal year was less by 3,898,974.60 acres than that of the previous year; the aggregate cash receipts were greater by $2,508,642.56.

Besides these public lands, there were disposed of during the last fiscal year by the General Land Office, Indian lands amounting to 765,221.80 acres, for which was received the sum of $1,006,691.63, deposited in the Treasury for the benefit of the Indians.